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noun, feminine

tonsure

/tɔ̃.syʁ/

noun, feminine/tɔ̃.syʁ/plural: tonsures

tonsure

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

tonsure — French Dictionary | Passage