matura

See also: Matura, mătura, mătură, and maturą

English

Noun

matura (plural maturas)

  1. A final exam that young adults (aged 18 or 19) take at the end of their secondary education in certain European countries.

Translations

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)

  1. mature, ripe

Derived terms

French

Pronunciation

Verb

matura

  1. third-person singular past historic of maturer

Italian

Adjective

matura f

  1. feminine singular of maturo

Verb

matura

  1. third-person singular present indicative of maturare

Anagrams

Latin

Adjective

mātūra

  1. inflection of mātūrus:
    1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Adjective

mātūrā

  1. ablative feminine singular of mātūrus

Verb

mātūrā

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of mātūrō

References

Polish

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /maˈtu.ra/
  • 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)

  1. (education) matura (high school exit exam, equivalent to British A-levels and the German Abitur)
    Synonym: egzamin dojrzałości
  2. (education) certificate of passing matura
    Synonym: świadectwo dojrzałości
Declension
Derived terms
adjective
adverb
  • maturalnie

Etymology 2

See natura.

Noun

matura f

  1. (Podegrodzie) alternative form of natura (nature, character)
  2. (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

  1. inflection of maturar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. 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

  1. to mature

Conjugation

Silesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Bavarian Matura.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maˈtu.ra/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ura
  • Syllabification: ma‧tu‧ra

Noun

matura f

  1. final exam
    Synonym: abitura

Declension

Declension of matura
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