tonsure
See also: tonsuré
English
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Medieval Roman Catholic monk with tonsure.
Etymology
Borrowed from Anglo-Norman and Old French tonsure, from Latin tonsūra (“a clipping, trimming”), from tondeō (“shear, clip, trim”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈtɒn.ʃə(ɹ)/
Verb
tonsure (third-person singular simple present tonsures, present participle tonsuring, simple past and past participle tonsured)
- (Christianity, Buddhism) To shave the crown of the head as a sign of humility and religious vocation.
Translations
Noun
tonsure (plural tonsures)
- A ritual shaving of this kind.
- The bald patch resulting from being tonsured.
Translations
ritual shaving of this kind
bald patch resulting from being tonsured
French
Etymology
From Old French tonsure, borrowed from Latin tonsūra (“a clipping, trimming”), from tondeō (“shear, clip, trim”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɔ̃.syʁ/
Related terms
Verb
tonsure
Further reading
- “tonsure” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Latin
Old French
Noun
tonsure f (oblique plural tonsures, nominative singular tonsure, nominative plural tonsures)
- tonsure (hair)
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (tonsure, supplement)
- tonsure on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
Spanish
Verb
tonsure
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of tonsurar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of tonsurar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of tonsurar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of tonsurar.
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