tonsure

Etymology

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)

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

Noun

tonsure (plural tonsures)

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

Anagrams

• nutrose, tenours

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɔ̃.syʁ/

Noun

tonsure f (plural tonsures)

1. tonsure

Verb

tonsure

1. first-person singular present indicative of tonsurer
2. third-person singular present indicative of tonsurer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of tonsurer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of tonsurer
5. second-person singular imperative of tonsurer

Further reading

• “tonsure” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ure

Noun

tonsure f

1. plural of tonsura

Anagrams

• resunto, strenuo

Participle

tōnsūre

1. vocative masculine singular of tōnsūrus

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tonsūra.

Noun

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

1. tonsure (hair)

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (tonsure, supplement)
• tonsure on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

Verb

tonsure

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of tonsurar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of tonsurar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of tonsurar.
4. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of tonsurar.