questura

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin quaestūra.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kweˈstu.ra/
  • Rhymes: -ura
  • Hyphenation: que‧stù‧ra

Noun

questura f (plural questure)

  1. police force
  2. police headquarters

Descendants
  • → Neapolitan: quistura, chestura

References
  • questura in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Participle

questūra

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

Participle

questūrā

  1. ablative feminine singular of questūrus
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