tiara

See also: Tiara, tiåra, and tiärä

English

The Duchess of Angoulême's emerald-and-diamond tiara, made in 1820 and currently in the Louvre

Etymology

Via Italian, via Latin from Ancient Greek (Ionic) τιήρης (tiḗrēs), of unknown ultimate origin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tiˈɑːɹə/
  • (file)

Noun

tiara (plural tiaras)

  1. The papal crown.
  2. An ornamental coronet.
    • 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Francesca Carrara. [], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, [], (successor to Henry Colburn), OCLC 630079698, page 200:
      I had scarcely taken my accustomed low seat at her side, when, opening a casket which stood on the table near her, she took out a diamond tiara, and, placing it in my hair, pointed to the glass. 'Ah, my child!' she exclaimed, 'you well become your future crown!' and, without waiting for my reply, she informed me that my father's negotiations for my marriage had been completely successful, and that the King of Poland had demanded my hand.

Translations

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Dalmatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin terra.

Noun

tiara f

  1. Alternative form of tara (earth, ground).

Finnish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Italian tiara.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtiɑrɑ/, [ˈt̪iɑrɑ]
  • Rhymes: -iɑrɑ
  • Syllabification(key): ti‧a‧ra

Noun

tiara

  1. tiara (papal crown or ornamental coronet)

Declension

Inflection of tiara (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative tiara tiarat
genitive tiaran tiarojen
partitive tiaraa tiaroja
illative tiaraan tiaroihin
singular plural
nominative tiara tiarat
accusative nom. tiara tiarat
gen. tiaran
genitive tiaran tiarojen
tiarainrare
partitive tiaraa tiaroja
inessive tiarassa tiaroissa
elative tiarasta tiaroista
illative tiaraan tiaroihin
adessive tiaralla tiaroilla
ablative tiaralta tiaroilta
allative tiaralle tiaroille
essive tiarana tiaroina
translative tiaraksi tiaroiksi
instructive tiaroin
abessive tiaratta tiaroitta
comitative tiaroineen
Possessive forms of tiara (type kala)
possessor singular plural
1st person tiarani tiaramme
2nd person tiarasi tiaranne
3rd person tiaransa

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tiāra from Ancient Greek (Ionic) τιήρης (tiḗrēs).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtja.ra/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ara
  • Hyphenation: tià‧ra

Noun

tiara f (plural tiare)

  1. tiara (papal crown)

Further reading

  • tiara in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
  • tiara in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
  • tiara in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
  • tiara in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
  • tiàra in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  • tiara in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
  • tiara in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Japanese

Romanization

tiara

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ティアラ

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek (Ionic) τιάρα (tiára).

Pronunciation

Noun

tiāra f (genitive tiārae); first declension

  1. turban
  2. Any of several oriental headresses

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative tiāra tiārae
Genitive tiārae tiārārum
Dative tiārae tiārīs
Accusative tiāram tiārās
Ablative tiārā tiārīs
Vocative tiāra tiārae

References

  • tiara”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • tiara 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)
  • tiara in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • tiara”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia
  • tiara”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • tiara in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
  • tiara”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

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Maori

Noun

tiara

  1. vagabond

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tiāra, from Ancient Greek τιάρα (tiára).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtja.ra/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ara
  • Syllabification: tia‧ra

Noun

tiara f

  1. (countable) tiara (ornamental coronet)
  2. (countable, Roman Catholicism) tiara (papal crown)
  3. (metonymically, Roman Catholicism, uncountable) papacy (office of the pope)
    Synonyms: papiestwo, tron Piotrowy

Declension

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tiāra, from Ancient Greek τιάρα (tiára).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /t͡ʃiˈa.ɾɐ/ [t͡ʃɪˈa.ɾɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ˈt͡ʃja.ɾɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /t͡ʃiˈa.ɾa/ [t͡ʃɪˈa.ɾa], (faster pronunciation) /ˈt͡ʃja.ɾa/

  • Rhymes: -aɾɐ
  • Hyphenation: ti‧a‧ra

Noun

tiara f (plural tiaras)

  1. tiara (papal crown)
  2. tiara (ornamental coronet)
  3. headband (curved, flexible accessory for holding one’s hair back)
    Synonyms: bandelete, bandolete

Further reading


Romansch

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin terra.

Noun

tiara f (plural tiaras)

  1. (Sursilvan) land, soil
  2. (Sursilvan) country, land
  3. (capitalized, proper noun, Sursilvan) the planet Earth

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tiāra, from Ancient Greek τιάρα (tiára).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtjaɾa/ [ˈt̪ja.ɾa]
  • Rhymes: -aɾa
  • Syllabification: tia‧ra

Noun

tiara f (plural tiaras)

  1. tiara (all senses)
    Synonyms: diadema, tiara papal
  2. (historical) a turban, especially that worn by ancient Persian kings

Further reading

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