Italian

Suffix

-tura

1. -ing, -tion, -ure (Used to form nouns relating to the action of specified verbs)

See also

• -zione

Derived terms

Latin

Alternative forms

• -sūra

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /-ˈtuː.ra/

Suffix

-tūra f ‎(genitive -tūrae); first declension

1. -ure, -ing; used to form a noun relating to some action.

Usage notes

The suffix -tūra is added to the supine form of a verb to create a first-declension noun naming the verb's action or the result of that action.

Examples:

pictūra ‎(“painting, picture”), from pictum, supine of pingō ‎(“I paint”)

scrīptūra ‎(“a writing, act of writing”), from scrīptum, supine of scrībō ‎(“I write”)

The suffix -tūra resembles the feminine form of (and may be related to) the future active participle ending -tūrus, which describes impending or imminent action (e.g. pictūrus "about to paint"; scrīptūrus "on the point of writing").

Inflection

First declension.

Synonyms

• -tiō, -tus

Descendants

See also

• Category:Latin words suffixed with -tūra