Synonyms for "tonsure" (1 found)

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Closest matches (1)

shaving

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

6 entries

crownpatepollshaveshaving

has context

2 entries

buddhismchristianity

is a

2 entries

pateshave

manner of

1 entries

shave

related to

4 entries

baldcrownheadshave

Translations

39 translations across 20 languages.

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Assamese

1 entries

• চুড়াকৰণ verb (shave the crown of the head)

Bulgarian

1 entries

• тонзура noun (bald patch resulting from being tonsured)

Catalan

2 entries

• tonsura noun (bald patch resulting from being tonsured)
• tonsurar verb (shave the crown of the head)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

• 剃度 noun (ritual shaving of this kind)
• 剃度 noun (bald patch resulting from being tonsured)
• 削髮 /削发 noun (ritual shaving of this kind)
• 削髮 /削发 noun (bald patch resulting from being tonsured)

Esperanto

1 entries

• tonsuro noun (bald patch resulting from being tonsured)

Finnish

3 entries

• tonsuuri noun (ritual shaving of this kind)
• tonsuuri noun (bald patch resulting from being tonsured)
• tehdä tonsuuri verb (shave the crown of the head)

French

2 entries

• tonsure noun (bald patch resulting from being tonsured)
• tonsurer verb (shave the crown of the head)

German

1 entries

• Tonsur noun (bald patch resulting from being tonsured)

Hindi

1 entries

• मुंडन noun (ritual shaving of this kind)

Hungarian

1 entries

• tonzúra noun (bald patch resulting from being tonsured)

Icelandic

3 entries

• krúna noun (bald patch resulting from being tonsured)
• krúnurakstur noun (ritual shaving of this kind)
• krúnuraka verb (shave the crown of the head)

Japanese

1 entries

• 剃度 noun (ritual shaving of this kind)

Macedonian

4 entries

• по́стриг noun (ritual shaving of this kind)
• по́тстриг noun (ritual shaving of this kind)
• постриг noun (bald patch resulting from being tonsured)
• по́стриже verb (shave the crown of the head)

Middle English

1 entries

• coroune noun (bald patch resulting from being tonsured)

Polish

1 entries

• tonsura noun (bald patch resulting from being tonsured)

Russian

1 entries

• тонзу́ра noun (bald patch resulting from being tonsured)

Spanish

3 entries

• tonsura noun (ritual shaving of this kind)
• tonsura noun (bald patch resulting from being tonsured)
• tonsurar verb (shave the crown of the head)

Swedish

1 entries

• tonsur noun (bald patch resulting from being tonsured)

Tagalog

1 entries

• panot noun (bald patch resulting from being tonsured)

Ukrainian

4 entries

• постриг noun (ritual shaving of this kind)
• постриження noun (ritual shaving of this kind)
• тонзура noun (bald patch resulting from being tonsured)
• постригти verb (shave the crown of the head)

Sample sentences

1 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Who wants to travel far has to move his tonsure by sparing his mount.

Source: tatoeba (8584053)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.