tonsure

Mane (Îngilîzî)

Noun

tonsure

Verb

1. (first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular, subjunctive, third-person) inflection of tonsurer:
2. (form-of, imperative, second-person, singular) inflection of tonsurer:

Hevwate

zone chauve

Werger

tonsure

tonsura

Tonsur

tonsura

tonsura

tonsura

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chierica

tonsuur

tonsura

bald patch

kruinschering

kale plek

Glatze

cercilho

Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin

/tɔ̃.syʁ/

Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

Ji Old French mîras hatiye girtin: tonsure

Ji latînî hatiye wergirtin: tōnsūra

In summary

Inherited from Old French tonsure, borrowed from Latin tōnsūra (“a clipping, trimming”), from tondeō (“shear, clip, trim”).