-tura

See also: tura and -tură

Italian

Etymology

From Latin -tūra.

Suffix

-tura

1. -ing, -tion (Used to form nouns relating to the action of specified verbs)

Derived terms

► Italian words suffixed with -tura

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Latin

Alternative forms

• -sūra

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /-ˈtuː.ra/

Suffix

-tūra f (genitive -tūrae); first declension

1. -ure, -ing; used to form a noun relating to some action.

Usage notes

The suffix -tūra is added to the supine form of a verb to create a first-declension noun naming the verb's action or the result of that action.

Examples:

pictūra (“painting, picture”), from pictum, supine of pingō (“I paint”)

scrīptūra (“a writing, act of writing”), from scrīptum, supine of scrībō (“I write”)

The suffix -tūra resembles the feminine form of (and may be related to) the future active participle ending -tūrus, which describes impending or imminent action (e.g. pictūrus "about to paint"; scrīptūrus "on the point of writing").

Inflection

First declension.

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	-tūra	-tūrae
genitive	-tūrae	-tūrārum
dative	-tūrae	-tūrīs
accusative	-tūram	-tūrās
ablative	-tūrā	-tūrīs
vocative	-tūra	-tūrae

Synonyms

• -tiō, -tus

Descendants

• English: -ure
• French: -ure
• Italian: -tura
• Romanian: -tură
• Spanish: -dura

See also

• Category:Latin words suffixed with -tūra