triture

See also: trituré

English

Etymology

Latin tritura.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɹɪtjʊə(ɹ)/, /ˈtɹɪt͡ʃə(ɹ)/

Noun

triture

  1. (obsolete) A rubbing or grinding; trituration.
    • 1742, George Cheyne, The Natural Method Of Cureing the Diseases of the Body:
      this original Zest in the Glands , gentle Heat , and gentle Triture from multiplied muscular Motion , are sufficient to explain all the Appearances of Concoction and Nutrition

References

triture”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

French

Pronunciation

Verb

triture

  1. inflection of triturer:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Latin

Participle

trītūre

  1. vocative masculine singular of trītūrus

Portuguese

Verb

triture

  1. inflection of triturar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Verb

triture

  1. inflection of triturar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative
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