matura

See also: Matura, mătura, mătură, and maturą

English

Noun

matura (plural maturas)

1. A final exam that young adults (aged 18 or 19) take at the end of their secondary education in certain European countries.

Translations

final exam in certain European countries

• Czech: maturita (cs) f
• German: Matura (de) f
• Italian: maturità (it) f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: matura m

• Polish: matura (pl) f
• Serbo-Croatian: матура f (matura)

Further reading

• matura on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Murata, Tamura, trauma

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Adjective

matura (accusative singular maturan, plural maturaj, accusative plural maturajn)

1. mature, ripe

Derived terms

• maturiĝi

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: maturas, maturât

Verb

matura

1. third-person singular past historic of maturer

Italian

Adjective

matura f

1. feminine singular of maturo

Verb

matura

1. third-person singular present indicative of maturare

Anagrams

• murata, rumata, trauma

Latin

Adjective

mātūra

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

Adjective

mātūrā

1. ablative feminine singular of mātūrus

Verb

mātūrā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of mātūrō

References

• matura 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)

Polish

matura (1.)

matura (2.)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin (exāmina) mātūra. Compare Austrian German Matura.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈtu.ra/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ura
• Syllabification: ma‧tu‧ra

Noun

matura f (diminutive maturka)

1. (education) matura (high school exit exam, equivalent to British A-levels and the German Abitur)

   Synonym: egzamin dojrzałości

2. (education) certificate of passing matura

   Synonym: świadectwo dojrzałości

Declension

Declension of matura

	singular	plural
nominative	matura	matury
genitive	matury	matur
dative	maturze	maturom
accusative	maturę	matury
instrumental	maturą	maturami
locative	maturze	maturach
vocative	maturo	matury

Derived terms

adjective

• maturalny

 

nouns

• maturzysta
• maturzystka

 

Related terms

adverb

• maturalnie

 

Further reading

• matura in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• matura in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ma‧tu‧ra
• Rhymes: -uɾɐ

Verb

matura

1. inflection of maturar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian maturare or German maturieren.

Verb

a matura (third-person singular present maturează, past participle maturat) 1st conj.

1. to mature

Conjugation

    conjugation of matura (first conjugation, -ez- infix)

infinitive			a matura
gerund			maturând
past participle			maturat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	maturez	maturezi	maturează	maturăm	maturați	maturează
	imperfect	maturam	maturai	matura	maturam	maturați	maturau
	simple perfect	maturai	maturași	matură	maturarăm	maturarăți	maturară
	pluperfect	maturasem	maturaseși	maturase	maturaserăm	maturaserăți	maturaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să maturez	să maturezi	să matureze	să maturăm	să maturați	să matureze
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		maturează			maturați
	negative		nu matura			nu maturați

Silesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Bavarian Matura.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈtura/
• Rhymes: -ura
• Syllabification: ma‧tu‧ra

Noun

matura f

1. final exam

   Synonym: abitura

Declension

Declension of matura

	singular	plural
nominative	matura	matury
genitive	matury	maturōw
dative	maturze	maturach
accusative	matura	matury
instrumental	maturōm	maturami/maturōma
locative	maturze	maturach
vocative	maturo	matury

Further reading

• Aleksandra Wencel (2023) “matura”, in Dykcjůnôrz ślų̊sko-polski‎^[1], page 396