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Tiara
Ti-a′ra
,Noun.
[L., from Gr. [GREEK], [GREEK]; of Persian origin.]
1.
A form of headdress worn by the ancient Persians. According to Xenophon, the royal tiara was encircled with a diadem, and was high and erect, while those of the people were flexible, or had rims turned over.
2.
The pope’s triple crown. It was at first a round, high cap, but was afterward encompassed with a crown, subsequently with a second, and finally with a third. Fig.: The papal dignity.
Definition 2025
Tiara
tiara
tiara
Dalmatian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Noun
tiara f
Finnish
Alternative forms
Noun
tiara
- 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 | |
Anagrams
Italian
Etymology
Borrowing from Latin tiara from Ancient Greek (Ionic) τιήρης (tiḗrēs).
Pronunciation
Noun
tiara f (plural tiare)
- tiara (papal crown)
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek (Ionic) τιήρης (tiḗrēs).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /tiˈaː.ra/, [tɪˈaː.ra]
Noun
tiāra f (genitive tiārae); first declension
- turban
- Any of several oriental headresses
Inflection
First declension.
| 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, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “tiara”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: 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
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowing from Latin tiāra, from Ancient Greek τιάρα (tiára).
Noun
tiara f (plural tiaras)
- tiara (papal crown)
- tiara (ornamental coronet)
- headband (curved, flexible accessory for holding one’s hair back)
Synonyms
Romansch
Alternative forms
Etymology
Noun
tiara f (plural tiaras)
- (Sursilvan) land, soil
- (Sursilvan) country, land
- (capitalized, proper noun, Sursilvan) the planet Earth
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowing from Latin tiāra, from Ancient Greek τιάρα (tiára).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtja.ɾa/
Noun
tiara f (plural tiaras)
Synonyms
- (ornamental coronet): diadema f
- (the papal crown): tiara papal f