tonsura

• Homophones: tonsuras, tonsurât

tonsura

1. third-person singular past historic of tonsurer

Borrowed from Latin tonsūra (“a clipping, trimming”), from tondeō (“shear, clip, trim”).

tonsura f (uncountable)

1. tonsure

Borrowed from Latin tonsūra (“a clipping, trimming”), from tondeō (“shear, clip, trim”). See tosare.

tonsura f (plural tonsure)

1. tonsure

tonsura

1. third-person singular present indicative of tonsurare
2. second-person singular imperative of tonsurare

• tondere
• tosare

• Saturno, saturno, snaturo, snaturò, sturano

From tondeō (“shear, clip, trim”).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /tonˈsuː.ra/, [tõːˈsuː.ra]

tōnsūra f (genitive tōnsūrae); first declension

1. a clipping, trimming, cropping, shearing, pruning

First declension.

• tonsura in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• tonsura in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• tonsura in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• tonsura in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

tonsura f

1. tonsure

tonsura

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of tonsurar.
2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of tonsurar.
3. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of tonsurar.