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tonsure en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈtɒn.ʃə(ɹ)/ (UK)
  • /ˈtɑn.ʃɚ/ (General-American)
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

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

Meanings

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

Forms

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tonsures Number=Plur lexicographic

Translations (29)

pl tonsura (bald patch resulting from being tonsured) · cmn 削髮 /削发 (bald patch resulting from being tonsured) · uk постриг (ritual shaving of this kind) · ja 剃度 (ritual shaving of this kind) · fi tonsuuri (bald patch resulting from being tonsured) · de Tonsur (bald patch resulting from being tonsured) · ru тонзу́ра (bald patch resulting from being tonsured) · mk по́тстриг (ritual shaving of this kind) · hi मुंडन (ritual shaving of this kind) · fr tonsure (bald patch resulting from being tonsured) · tl panot (bald patch resulting from being tonsured) · hu tonzúra (bald patch resulting from being tonsured) · enm coroune (bald patch resulting from being tonsured) · cmn 削髮 /削发 (ritual shaving of this kind) · es tonsura (bald patch resulting from being tonsured) · cmn 剃度 (ritual shaving of this kind) · bg тонзура (bald patch resulting from being tonsured) · mk постриг (bald patch resulting from being tonsured) · es tonsura (ritual shaving of this kind) · ca tonsura (bald patch resulting from being tonsured) · is krúnurakstur (ritual shaving of this kind) · sv tonsur (bald patch resulting from being tonsured) · mk по́стриг (ritual shaving of this kind) · uk постриження (ritual shaving of this kind) · uk тонзура (bald patch resulting from being tonsured) · is krúna (bald patch resulting from being tonsured) · cmn 剃度 (bald patch resulting from being tonsured) · eo tonsuro (bald patch resulting from being tonsured) · fi tonsuuri (ritual shaving of this kind)

tonsure en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˈtɒn.ʃə(ɹ)/ (UK)
  • /ˈtɑn.ʃɚ/ (General-American)
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To shave the crown of the head of (a person) as a sign of humility and religious vocation.

Forms

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tonsuring Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
tonsures Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
tonsured Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
tonsured Tense=Past lexicographic

Deriveds

untonsured

Translations (10)

as চুড়াকৰণ (shave the crown of the head) · uk постригти (shave the crown of the head) · is krúnuraka (shave the crown of the head) · ca tonsurar (shave the crown of the head) · cmn 剃度 (shave the crown of the head) · es tonsurar (shave the crown of the head) · fr tonsurer (shave the crown of the head) · cmn 削髮 /削发 (shave the crown of the head) · fi tehdä tonsuuri (shave the crown of the head) · mk по́стриже (shave the crown of the head)