different between tonsured vs tonsure

English

Verb

tonsured

1. simple past tense and past participle of tonsure

Anagrams

• deutrons, nerds out, roundest, rudstone, tosunder, unsorted, unstored

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?t?n.??(?)/

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.

Translations

Noun

tonsure (plural tonsures)

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

Translations

Anagrams

• nutrose, tenours

French

Etymology

From Old French tonsure, borrowed from Latin tons?ra (“a clipping, trimming”), from tonde? (“shear, clip, trim”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t??.sy?/

Noun

tonsure f (plural tonsures)

1. tonsure

Related terms

• tondre

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 Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ure

Noun

tonsure f

1. plural of tonsura

Anagrams

• resunto, strenuo

Latin

Participle

t?ns?re

1. vocative masculine singular of t?ns?rus

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tons?ra.

Noun

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

1. tonsure (hair)

Descendants

• ? English: tonsure
• French: tonsure

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

Spanish

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.