name
Meaning 1
A female given name from English from the noun tiara
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
tiara
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/tiˈɑːɹə/
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US: /tiˈɑɹə/
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US: /tiˈæɹə/
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obsolete: /taɪˈɛəɹə/
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CMU ARPABET: T IY0 AA1 R AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
The three-tiered papal crown.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
An ornamental coronet.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
Meaning 4
To adorn as a tiara.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare, transitive
Examples
- Brilliants tiaraed her head.
Meaning relationships
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verb
Meaning 5
To adorn with a tiara.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare, transitive
Examples
- He tiaraed her head.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
a jeweled headdress worn by women on formal occasions
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: jewelled headdress, jeweled headdress
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin tiāra, from Ancient Greek τιάρα (tiára), of unknown ultimate origin.
Across languages
Translations
45 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Belarusian: тыя́ра (tyjára) — papal crown
- Bulgarian: тиара (tiara) — papal crown
- Chinese Mandarin: 箍冠 — papal crown
- Estonian: tiaara — papal crown
- Faroese: pávakrúna — papal crown
- Finnish: tiara — papal crown
- French: tiare — papal crown
- German: Tiara — papal crown
- German: Papstkrone — papal crown
- Greek: τιάρα (tiára) — papal crown
- Hungarian: tiara — papal crown
- Italian: tiara — papal crown
- Japanese: ティアラ (tiara) — papal crown
- Korean: 티아라 (tiara) — papal crown
- Persian: تیار (tiyâr) — papal crown
- Polish: tiara — papal crown
- Portuguese: tiara — papal crown
- Romanian: tiară — papal crown
- Russian: тиа́ра (tiára) — papal crown
- Slovene: tiara — papal crown
- Swedish: påvekrona — papal crown
- Ukrainian: тіа́ра (tiára) — papal crown
- Belarusian: тыя́ра (tyjára) — ornamental coronet
- Bulgarian: украсена диадема (ukrasena diadema) — ornamental coronet
- Chinese Mandarin: 后冠 (hòuguān) — ornamental coronet
- Esperanto: diademo — ornamental coronet
- Estonian: tiaara — ornamental coronet
- Finnish: tiara — ornamental coronet
- Finnish: diadeemi — ornamental coronet
- French: tiare — ornamental coronet
- German: Tiara — ornamental coronet
- Hebrew: נֵזֶר (nézer) — ornamental coronet
- Hungarian: tiara — ornamental coronet
- Japanese: ティアラ (tiara) — ornamental coronet
- Korean: 티아라 (tiara) — ornamental coronet
- Persian: تیار (tiyār) — ornamental coronet
- Portuguese: tiara — ornamental coronet
- Romanian: tiară — ornamental coronet
- Russian: тиа́ра (tiára) — ornamental coronet
- Spanish: diadema — ornamental coronet
- Spanish: tiara — ornamental coronet
- Swedish: diadem — ornamental coronet
- Ukrainian: тіа́ра (tiára) — ornamental coronet
- Welsh: coronig — ornamental coronet
- Welsh: coronigau — ornamental coronet
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