ceinture

Borrowed from French ceinture. Doublet of cincture.

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

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.

• enuretic

Inherited from Old French ceinture, inherited from Latin cinctūra.

• IPA^(key): /sɛ̃.tyʁ/

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• Hyphenation: cein‧ture

ceinture f (plural ceintures)

1. belt (item of clothing)

• → Romanian: centură

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

• centurie

From Latin cinctūra.

• IPA^(key): /t͡sei̯nˈtyɾə/

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

1. belt

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