tonsure

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• UK: /ˈtɒn.ʃə(ɹ)/
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• General-American: /ˈtɑn.ʃɚ/
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• rhymes with -ɒnʃə(ɹ)
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From Middle English tonsure, from Anglo-Norman and Old French tonsure, from Latin tonsūra (“a clipping, trimming”), from tondeō (“shear, clip, trim”).

39 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Chinese Mandarin: 削髮 /削发 (xuēfà) — ritual shaving of this kind
• Chinese Mandarin: 剃度 (tìdù) — ritual shaving of this kind
• Finnish: tonsuuri — ritual shaving of this kind
• Hindi: मुंडन (muṇḍan) — ritual shaving of this kind
• Icelandic: krúnurakstur — ritual shaving of this kind
• Japanese: 剃度 (teido) — ritual shaving of this kind
• Macedonian: по́стриг (póstrig) — ritual shaving of this kind
• Macedonian: по́тстриг (pótstrig) — ritual shaving of this kind
• Spanish: tonsura — ritual shaving of this kind
• Ukrainian: постриг (postryh) — ritual shaving of this kind
• Ukrainian: постриження (postryžennja) — ritual shaving of this kind
• Bulgarian: тонзура (tonzura) — bald patch resulting from being tonsured
• Catalan: tonsura — bald patch resulting from being tonsured
• Chinese Mandarin: 削髮 /削发 (xuēfà) — bald patch resulting from being tonsured
• Chinese Mandarin: 剃度 (tìdù) — bald patch resulting from being tonsured
• Esperanto: tonsuro — bald patch resulting from being tonsured
• Finnish: tonsuuri — bald patch resulting from being tonsured
• French: tonsure — bald patch resulting from being tonsured
• German: Tonsur — bald patch resulting from being tonsured
• Hungarian: tonzúra — bald patch resulting from being tonsured
• Icelandic: krúna — bald patch resulting from being tonsured
• Macedonian: постриг (postrig) — bald patch resulting from being tonsured
• Middle English: coroune — bald patch resulting from being tonsured
• Polish: tonsura — bald patch resulting from being tonsured
• Russian: тонзу́ра (tonzúra) — bald patch resulting from being tonsured
• Spanish: tonsura — bald patch resulting from being tonsured
• Swedish: tonsur — bald patch resulting from being tonsured
• Tagalog: panot — bald patch resulting from being tonsured
• Ukrainian: тонзура (tonzura) — bald patch resulting from being tonsured
• Assamese: চুড়াকৰণ (surakoron) — shave the crown of the head
• Catalan: tonsurar — shave the crown of the head
• Chinese Mandarin: 削髮 /削发 (xuēfà) — shave the crown of the head
• Chinese Mandarin: 剃度 (tìdù) — shave the crown of the head
• Finnish: tehdä tonsuuri — shave the crown of the head
• French: tonsurer — shave the crown of the head
• Icelandic: krúnuraka — shave the crown of the head
• Macedonian: по́стриже (póstriže) — shave the crown of the head
• Spanish: tonsurar — shave the crown of the head
• Ukrainian: постригти (postryhty) — shave the crown of the head