serratura

Italian

Etymology

From serrare +‎ -tura.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ser.raˈtu.ra/
• Rhymes: -ura
• Hyphenation: ser‧ra‧tù‧ra

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Noun

serratura f (plural serrature)

1. lock (on a door etc.)

See also

• chiave f
• chiavistello m

Latin

Participle

serrātūra

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

Participle

serrātūrā

1. ablative feminine singular of serrātūrus

References

• “serratura”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• serratura 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)

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian serratura.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛr.raˈtuː.ra/

Noun

serratura f (plural serraturi)

1. lock

   Synonym: (archaic) qofol