# matura
## English
### Noun

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

#### Translations
### Further reading

* matura on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Anagrams

* Murata, Tamura, trauma

## Esperanto
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

matura (accusative singular maturan, plural maturaj, accusative plural maturajn)
* mature, ripe

#### Derived terms

* maturiĝi

## French
### Pronunciation

* Homophones: maturas, maturât

### Verb

matura
* third-person singular past historic of maturer

## Italian
### Adjective

matura f
* feminine singular of maturo

### Verb

matura
* third-person singular present indicative of maturare

### Anagrams

* murata, rumata, trauma

## Latin
### Adjective

mātūra
* inflection of mātūrus:
** nominative/vocative feminine singular
** nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

### Adjective

mātūrā
* ablative feminine singular of mātūrus

### Verb

mātūrā
* 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
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /maˈtu.ra/
* (Lesser Poland):
** (Podegrodzie) IPA: /maˈtu.ra/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ura
* Syllabification: ma‧tu‧ra

### Etymology 1

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

#### Noun

matura f (diminutive maturka)
* (education) matura (high school exit exam, equivalent to British A-levels and the German Abitur)
    Synonym: egzamin dojrzałości
* (education) certificate of passing matura
    Synonym: świadectwo dojrzałości

##### Derived terms

* maturalny
* maturzysta
* maturzystka

##### Related terms

* maturalnie

### Etymology 2

See natura.

#### Noun

matura f
* (Sącz Lach) Alternative form of natura (“nature, character”)
* (Sącz Lach) Alternative form of natura (“nature, way of life”)
    Dawniejsá matura buła lepsá. ― The older way was better.

### Further reading

* matura in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* matura in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* Karol Mátyás (1891) “matura”, in “Słowniczek gwary ludu zamieszkującego wschodnio-południową najbliższą okolicę Nowego Sącza”, in Sprawozdania Komisyi Językowej Akademii Umiejętności (in Polish), volume 4, Kraków: Drukarnia Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, page 324

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

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

### Verb

matura
* inflection of maturar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** 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 conjugation
* to mature

#### Conjugation
## Silesian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Bavarian Matura.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /maˈtu.ra/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ura
* Syllabification: ma‧tu‧ra

### Noun

matura f
* final exam
    Synonym: abitura

#### Declension
### Further reading

* Aleksandra Wencel (2023) “matura”, in Dykcjůnôrz ślų̊sko-polski, page 396