sumptuary

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsʌm(p)t͡ʃʊəɹi/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsʌm(p)tjʊəɹi/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsʌm(p)t͡ʃəɹi/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsʌm(p)tjʊɹi/
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• General-American: /ˈsʌm(p)t͡ʃuˌɛɹi/
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• General-American: /-tju-/
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• General-American: /-t͡ʃəˌwɛɹi/
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From Latin sūmptuārius (“of or relating to expenditure, sumptuary; person in charge of household expenses”) + English -ary (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives). Sūmptuārius is derived from sūmptus (“charge, cost, expense”) + -ārius (suffix forming adjectives); and sūmptus from sūmō (“to catch, seize, take; to acquire, get, obtain; to apply, employ, use; to consume, spend”) (from sub- (prefix meaning ‘below, beneath, under’) + emō (“to acquire, procure; to buy, purchase”) (from Proto-Indo-European *h1em- (“to distribute; to take”))) + -tus (suffix forming action nouns from verbs). Cognates * Middle French sumptuaire (modern French somptuaire) * Italian sontuario * Portuguese suntuário * Spanish suntuario

25 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Catalan: sumptuari — relating to expenditure or expense
• Esperanto: priluksa — relating to expenditure or expense
• French: somptuaire — relating to expenditure or expense
• Galician: suntuario — relating to expenditure or expense
• Ido: luxala — relating to expenditure or expense
• Italian: sontuario — relating to expenditure or expense
• Italian: suntuario — relating to expenditure or expense
• Latin: sūmptuārius — relating to expenditure or expense
• Portuguese: suntuário — relating to expenditure or expense
• Romanian: somptuar — relating to expenditure or expense
• Spanish: suntuario — relating to expenditure or expense
• Catalan: sumptuari — of a law, regulation, etc.: intended to limit or restrain the expenditure of citizens in apparel, food, furniture, etc., or to forbid the use of certain articles
• Esperanto: kontraŭluksa — of a law, regulation, etc.: intended to limit or restrain the expenditure of citizens in apparel, food, furniture, etc., or to forbid the use of certain articles
• French: somptuaire — of a law, regulation, etc.: intended to limit or restrain the expenditure of citizens in apparel, food, furniture, etc., or to forbid the use of certain articles
• Galician: suntuario — of a law, regulation, etc.: intended to limit or restrain the expenditure of citizens in apparel, food, furniture, etc., or to forbid the use of certain articles
• Ido: luxala — of a law, regulation, etc.: intended to limit or restrain the expenditure of citizens in apparel, food, furniture, etc., or to forbid the use of certain articles
• Italian: sontuario — of a law, regulation, etc.: intended to limit or restrain the expenditure of citizens in apparel, food, furniture, etc., or to forbid the use of certain articles
• Italian: suntuario — of a law, regulation, etc.: intended to limit or restrain the expenditure of citizens in apparel, food, furniture, etc., or to forbid the use of certain articles
• Latin: sūmptuārius — of a law, regulation, etc.: intended to limit or restrain the expenditure of citizens in apparel, food, furniture, etc., or to forbid the use of certain articles
• Portuguese: suntuário — of a law, regulation, etc.: intended to limit or restrain the expenditure of citizens in apparel, food, furniture, etc., or to forbid the use of certain articles
• Romanian: somptuar — of a law, regulation, etc.: intended to limit or restrain the expenditure of citizens in apparel, food, furniture, etc., or to forbid the use of certain articles
• Spanish: suntuario — of a law, regulation, etc.: intended to limit or restrain the expenditure of citizens in apparel, food, furniture, etc., or to forbid the use of certain articles
• Welsh: gwrthwariant — of a law, regulation, etc.: intended to limit or restrain the expenditure of citizens in apparel, food, furniture, etc., or to forbid the use of certain articles
• Catalan: sumptuari — of or relating to sumptuary laws or regulations
• Esperanto: kontraŭluksa — of or relating to sumptuary laws or regulations