name
Meaning 1
A northern English surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
Tiffany
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Pronunciation
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/ˈtɪfəni/
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CMU ARPABET: T IH1 F AH0 N IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A female given name transferred from the surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
Ellipsis of Tiffany glass.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 4
A kind of gauze, or very thin silk.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
- 1792, Hannah Cowley, A Day in Turkey; or, the Russian Slaves, London: G.G.J. & J. Robinson, Act III, Scene 1, p. 34, [...] he made me throw away my peasant weeds, and gave me all these fine cloaths. See this tiffany, all spotted with silver; look at this beautiful turban—He gave it me all!
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noun
Meaning 5
United States artist who developed Tiffany glass (1848-1933)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Louis Comfort Tiffany
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Broader terms: artist, creative person
History
Etymology
From Old French Tifinie, Tiphanie, from Latin Theophania (“Epiphany”), from Ancient Greek θεο- (theo-, “god”) (combining form of θεός (theós, “god”)) + φαίνω (phaínō, “to shine, appear”). Doublet of theophany. The given name (from circa 12th century) was usually given to girls born at Epiphany. The surname (from late 13th century) is a dialectal variant of the surname Tiffin, which derives from the given name variant Tiffania. In modern times, the given name has been (re)popularized by the surname borne by Charles Lewis Tiffany, founder of jewelry company Tiffany & Co.
From an Anglo-Norman common name for the festival of the Epiphany. See Tiffany.
Across languages
Translations
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Albanian: Teofanía — female given name
- Albanian: Theofanía — female given name
- Albanian: Theofaní — female given name
- Albanian: Tifanía — female given name
- Chinese Mandarin: 蒂法妮 (Dìfǎnī) — female given name
- French: Tiphaine — female given name
- French: Tiffany — female given name
- French: Théophanie — female given name
- Greek: Θεοφανία (Theofanía) — female given name
- Greek: Τιφανία (Tifanía) — female given name
- Greek: Θεοφανώ (Theofanó) — female given name
- Hindi: टिफनी (ṭiphnī) — female given name
- Japanese: ティファニー (Tifanī) — female given name
- Korean: 티파니 (Tipani) — female given name
- Russian: Феофа́ния (Feofánija) — female given name
- Spanish: Teofania — female given name
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