ceinture

See also: ceinturé

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French ceinture.

Noun

ceinture (plural ceintures)

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

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

Anagrams

• enuretic

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French

Etymology

From Old French ceinture, inherited from Latin cinctūra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛ̃.tyʁ/

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Noun

ceinture f (plural ceintures)

1. belt (item of clothing)

Derived terms

• ceinture de sécurité

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• centurie

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Old French

Etymology

From Latin cinctūra.

Noun

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

1. belt

Descendants

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