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Is tonsure a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word tonsure is a Scrabble US word. The word tonsure is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

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Is tonsure a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word tonsure is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

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Is tonsure a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word tonsure is a Words With Friends word. The word tonsure is worth 9 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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7-letter words (2 found)

TENOURS,TONSURE,

6-letter words (19 found)

NESTOR,NOTERS,OUSTER,OUTERS,RONTES,ROUENS,ROUTES,SOUTER,STONER,STOURE,TENORS,TENOUR,TENSOR,TONERS,TOUSER,TRONES,TROUSE,TUNERS,UNREST,

5-letter words (64 found)

ESTRO,EUROS,NERTS,NOSER,NOTER,NOTES,NURSE,NUTSO,ONERS,ONSET,OUENS,OUTER,OUTRE,RENOS,RENTS,RESTO,RONES,RONTE,RONTS,ROSET,ROTES,ROUEN,ROUES,ROUSE,ROUST,ROUTE,ROUTS,RUNES,RUNTS,SENOR,SERON,SETON,SNORE,SNORT,SNOUT,STENO,STERN,STONE,STORE,STOUN,STOUR,STURE,SUENT,SUTOR,TENOR,TERNS,TONER,TONES,TONUS,TORES,TORSE,TORUS,TOUNS,TOURS,TOUSE,TRONE,TRONS,TRUES,TUNER,TUNES,TURNS,UNSET,URENT,URSON,

4-letter words (83 found)

ENTS,EONS,ERNS,EROS,ERST,EURO,NEST,NETS,NOES,NOSE,NOTE,NOUS,NOUT,NURS,NUTS,ONER,ONES,ONST,ONUS,ORES,ORTS,OURN,OURS,OUST,OUTS,RENO,RENS,RENT,REOS,REST,RETS,ROES,RONE,RONT,ROSE,ROST,ROTE,ROTS,ROUE,ROUT,RUES,RUNE,RUNS,RUNT,RUSE,RUST,RUTS,SENT,SNOT,SONE,SORE,SORN,SORT,SOUR,SOUT,STEN,STUN,SUER,SUET,SURE,TENS,TERN,TOES,TONE,TONS,TORE,TORN,TORS,TOSE,TOUN,TOUR,TRES,TRON,TROU,TRUE,TUNE,TUNS,TURN,UNTO,URES,URNS,USER,UTES,

3-letter words (52 found)

ENS,EON,ERN,ERS,EST,NET,NOR,NOS,NOT,NUR,NUS,NUT,OES,ONE,ONS,ORE,ORS,ORT,OSE,OUR,OUS,OUT,REN,REO,RES,RET,ROE,ROT,RUE,RUN,RUT,SEN,SER,SET,SON,SOT,SOU,SUE,SUN,SUR,TEN,TES,TOE,TON,TOR,TUN,UNS,URE,URN,USE,UTE,UTS,

2-letter words (21 found)

EN,ER,ES,ET,NE,NO,NU,OE,ON,OR,OS,OU,RE,SO,ST,TE,TO,UN,UR,US,UT,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 242 words from tonsure according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of tonsure

tonsure

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈtɒn.ʃə(ɹ)/

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 hairstyle and characteristic bald patch resulting from being tonsured.

Translations

Anagrams

  • nutrose, tenours

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɔ̃.syʁ/

Noun

tonsure f (plural tonsures)

  1. tonsure

Related terms

  • tondre

Verb

tonsure

  1. inflection of tonsurer:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

  • “tonsure”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tonˈsu.re/
  • Rhymes: -ure
  • Hyphenation: ton‧sù‧re

Noun

tonsure f

  1. plural of tonsura

Anagrams

  • resunto, strenuo

Latin

Participle

tōnsūre

  1. vocative masculine singular of tōnsūrus

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tonsūra.

Noun

tonsure oblique singular, 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 IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (tonsure, supplement)
  • tonsure on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

Spanish

Verb

tonsure

  1. inflection of tonsurar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Source: wiktionary.org