matura
English
Noun
matura (plural maturas)
- A final exam that young adults (aged 18 or 19) take at the end of their secondary education in certain European countries.
Translations
final exam in certain European countries
Further reading
Anagrams
Esperanto
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maˈtura/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ura
- Hyphenation: ma‧tu‧ra
Adjective
matura (accusative singular maturan, plural maturaj, accusative plural maturajn)
Derived terms
French
Pronunciation
Verb
matura
- third-person singular past historic of maturer
Italian
Adjective
matura f
- feminine singular of maturo
Verb
matura
- third-person singular present indicative of maturare
Anagrams
Latin
Adjective
mātūra
- inflection of mātūrus:
- nominative/vocative feminine singular
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural
Adjective
mātūrā
- ablative feminine singular of mātūrus
Verb
mātūrā
- second-person singular present active imperative of mātūrō
References
- "matura", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Polish
Pronunciation
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ura
- Syllabification: ma‧tu‧ra
Etymology 1
Learned borrowing from Latin (exāmina) mātūra. Compare Austrian German Matura.
Noun
matura f (diminutive maturka)
- (education) matura (high school exit exam, equivalent to British A-levels and the German Abitur)
- Synonym: egzamin dojrzałości
- (education) certificate of passing matura
- Synonym: świadectwo dojrzałości
Declension
Declension of matura
Derived terms
adjective
Related terms
adverb
- maturalnie
Etymology 2
See natura.
Noun
matura f
- (Podegrodzie) alternative form of natura (“nature, character”)
- (Podegrodzie) alternative form of natura (“nature, way of life”)
- Dawniejsá matura buła lepsá. ― The older way was better.
Further reading
- matura in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- matura in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Karol Mátyás (1891) “matura”, in “Słowniczek gwary ludu zamieszkującego wschodnio-południową najbliższą okolicę Nowego Sącza”, in Sprawozdania Komisyi Językowej Akademii Umiejętności (in Polish), volume 4, Kraków: Drukarnia Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, page 324
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ma‧tu‧ra
- Rhymes: -uɾɐ
Verb
matura
- inflection of maturar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian maturare or German maturieren.
Verb
a matura (third-person singular present maturează, past participle maturat) 1st conjugation
- to mature
Conjugation
conjugation of matura (first conjugation, -ez- infix)
infinitive | a matura | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
gerund | maturând | ||||||
past participle | maturat | ||||||
number | singular | plural | |||||
person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |
indicative | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
present | maturez | maturezi | maturează | maturăm | maturați | maturează | |
imperfect | maturam | maturai | matura | maturam | maturați | maturau | |
simple perfect | maturai | maturași | matură | maturarăm | maturarăți | maturară | |
pluperfect | maturasem | maturaseși | maturase | maturaserăm | maturaserăți | maturaseră | |
subjunctive | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
present | să maturez | să maturezi | să matureze | să maturăm | să maturați | să matureze | |
imperative | — | tu | — | — | voi | — | |
affirmative | maturează | maturați | |||||
negative | nu matura | nu maturați |
Silesian
Etymology
Borrowed from Bavarian Matura.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maˈtu.ra/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ura
- Syllabification: ma‧tu‧ra
Noun
matura f
- final exam
- Synonym: abitura
Declension
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | matura | matury |
genitive | matury | maturōw |
dative | maturze | maturach |
accusative | matura | matury |
instrumental | maturōm | maturami/maturōma |
locative | maturze | maturach |
vocative | maturo | matury |
Further reading
- Aleksandra Wencel (2023) “matura”, in Dykcjůnôrz ślų̊sko-polski, page 396