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单词 -ature
释义

-aturesuffix

Primary stress is retained by the usual stressed syllable of the preceding element and vowels may be reduced accordingly.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin -ātūra.
Etymology: < classical Latin -ātūra (in e.g. membrātūra membrature n.) < -āt- , past participial stem of verbs in -ā- + -ūra -ure suffix1. Compare French -ature, Italian -atura, German -atur.Found in borrowings, such as membrature n. ( < Latin), nunciature n. ( < Italian), or modenature n. ( < French), from the early 17th cent. Formations within English are found from the mid 17th cent., e.g. mimature n., nervature n.
Forming nouns denoting an action, condition, or collective body, as mimature n., nervature n., etc. Cf. -ure suffix1.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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