English Online Dictionary. What means laura? What does laura mean?
English
Alternative forms
- lavra
Etymology
From the Late Latin laura, from Ancient Greek λαύρα (laúra, “lane, path”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈlɔɹə/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈlɔːɹə/
- Rhymes: -ɔːɹə
Noun
laura (plural lauras or laurae)
- (historical, Roman Catholicism) A number of hermitages or cells in the same neighborhood occupied by anchorites who were under the same superior
- (historical, Eastern Orthodox Church) A cluster of cells or caves for hermits, with a church and sometimes a refectory at the centre.
Translations
Anagrams
- aural
Basque
Adjective
laura
- allative inanimate singular of lau
Noun
laura
- allative singular of lau
Numeral
laura
- allative singular of lau
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lɔ.ʁa/
Verb
laura
- third-person singular past historic of laurer
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈlau̯.ra/, [ˈɫ̪äu̯rä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈlau̯.ra/, [ˈläːu̯rä]
Etymology 1
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Noun
laura f (genitive laurae); first declension
- Egyptian rue (Ruta angustifolia)
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Apuleius to this entry?)
Declension
First-declension noun.
References
- laura in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 894/1.
Etymology 2
From the Ancient Greek λαύρα (laúra).
Noun
laura f (genitive laurae); first declension
- (Late Latin) monastery, convent, laura
Declension
First-declension noun.
Descendants
- → English: laura
- → Italian: laura
- → Sicilian: laura
References
- laura 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)
- “Laura” on page 404 of Domenico Magri’s Hierolexicon, ſive Sacrum Dictionarium (editio omnium recentissima, augmented by Stefano Sciugliaga, 1765)