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mensura

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Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From mētior (“to measure”) +‎ -tūra (“-ing, -tion”).

Noun

mēnsūra f (genitive mēnsūrae); first declension

  1. measure; a measuring
  2. (by extension) a standard or measure by which something is measured
  3. (figuratively) a quantity or amount
Declension

First-declension noun.

More information singular, plural ...
Derived terms
Descendants

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

mēnsūrā

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of mēnsūrō

References

  • “mensura”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “mensura”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • "mensura", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • “mensura”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “mensura”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “mensura”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /menˈsuɾa/ [mẽnˈsu.ɾa]
  • Rhymes: -uɾa
  • Syllabification: men‧su‧ra

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin mēnsūra.

Noun

mensura f (plural mensuras)

  1. measurement
    Synonyms: medida, medición

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

mensura

  1. inflection of mensurar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

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