ceinture

See also: ceinturé

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French ceinture. Doublet of cincture.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /sænˈt(j)ʊ(ə)r/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /sãˈtʃʊə/

Noun

ceinture (plural ceintures)

1. A belt or girdle.
   • 2018, Will Eaves, Murmur, Canongate, published 2018, page 96:

     Beneath the cape she wears a bell-sleeved purple gown with gold ceinture.

Anagrams

• enuretic

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French ceinture, inherited from Latin cinctūra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛ̃.tyʁ/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: cein‧ture

Noun

ceinture f (plural ceintures)

1. belt (item of clothing)

Derived terms

• ceinture de chasteté
• ceinture de radiations de Van Allen
• ceinture de sécurité
• ceinture de Van Allen
• ceinture d’astéroïdes
• ceinture noire
• ceinture orogénique
• en dessous de la ceinture
• se serrer la ceinture

 

Related terms

• ceindre

 

Descendants

• → Romanian: centură

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• centurie

Old French

Etymology

From Latin cinctūra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡sei̯nˈtyɾə/

Noun

ceinture oblique singular, f (oblique plural ceintures, nominative singular ceinture, nominative plural ceintures)

1. belt

Descendants

• French: ceinture
  • → Romanian: centură
• Norman: cheintuthe (through Old Northen French variant)