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tonsure

See also: tonsuré

English

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Medieval Roman Catholic monk with tonsure.

Etymology

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From Middle English tonsure, from Anglo-Norman and Old French tonsure, from Latin tonsūra (“a clipping, trimming”), from tondeō (“shear, clip, trim”).

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tonsure (third-person singular simple present tonsures, present participle tonsuring, simple past and past participle tonsured)

  1. (Christianity, Buddhism) To shave the crown of the head as a sign of humility and religious vocation.

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Noun

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tonsure (plural tonsures)

  1. A ritual shaving of this kind.
  2. The hairstyle and characteristic bald patch resulting from being tonsured.

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French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old French tonsure, borrowed from Latin tōnsūra (“a clipping, trimming”), from tondeō (“shear, clip, trim”).

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Noun

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tonsure f (plural tonsures)

  1. tonsure
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tonsure

  1. inflection of tonsurer:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

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Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /tonˈsu.re/
  • Rhymes: -ure
  • Hyphenation: ton‧sù‧re

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tonsure f

  1. plural of tonsura

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Latin

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Participle

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tōnsūre

  1. vocative masculine singular of tōnsūrus

Old French

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin tonsūra.

Noun

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tonsure oblique singular, f (oblique plural tonsures, nominative singular tonsure, nominative plural tonsures)

  1. tonsure (hair)

Descendants

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  • → English: tonsure
  • French: tonsure

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Spanish

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Verb

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tonsure

  1. inflection of tonsurar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative
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