English

Proper noun

Tina

1. A female given name.
2. A lake in Alaska, near/around Anchorage.

Anagrams

• ain't
• anti
• NAIT
• tian

Danish

Proper noun

Tina

1. A female given name, short for Christina and Bettina.

References

• Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 24 817 females with the given name Tina have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1960s. Accessed on 19 May, 2011.

Faroese

Proper noun

Tina f

1. A female given name

Usage notes

Matronymics

• son of Tinu: Tinuson
• daughter of Tina: Tinudóttir

Declension

German

Proper noun

Tina f ‎(genitive Tina)

1. A female given name, short for Christina, Bettina, and Martina.

Italian

Proper noun

Tina f

1. (informal) Synonym of Concetta

Norwegian

Proper noun

Tina

1. A female given name, short for Christina.

Swedish

Proper noun

Tina

1. A female given name, short for Kristina, Martina, Albertina and similar names.

English

Noun

tina ‎(uncountable)

1. (slang) The drug methamphetamine hydrochloride (crystal meth)

Anagrams

• ain't
• anti
• NAIT
• tian

Estonian

Noun

tina ‎(genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

1. tin

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Fijian

Noun

tina

1. mother

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt̪inɑ]
• Rhymes: -inɑ
• Hyphenation: ti‧na

Noun

tina

1. tin
2. pewter (tin alloy containing 85-99% tin plus copper and antimony, used e.g. for making tableware)

Declension

Usage notes

The word tina is often used generally of alloys that consist predominantly of tin. If it is necessary to point out that the metal discussed is an alloy, the word tinaseos ‎(“tin alloy”) might be used. Some alloys have specific names according to their main use, e.g. astiatina ‎(“pewter”).

Synonyms

• (pewter): astiatina

Derived terms

• tinainen
• tinata

Compounds

Anagrams

• anti, nait, tain

Latin

Etymology

From Etruscan 𐌈𐌉𐌍𐌀 ‎(θina, “type of vessel”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈtiː.na/

Noun

tīna f ‎(genitive tīnae); first declension

1. wine-vessel

Inflection

First declension.

Descendants

• Albanian: tirë
• Catalan: tina, tinell
• French: tine, tinet
• Italian: tina
• Portuguese: tina, tinha
• Spanish: tina, tinaja

References

• tina in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• TINA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “tina”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• tina in William Smith., editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Maltese

Noun

tina f ‎(plural tinat)

1. fig

Related terms

• tin

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin tīna ‎(“wine-vessel”), from Etruscan 𐌈𐌉𐌍𐌀 ‎(θina, “type of vessel”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃi.na/

Noun

tina f (plural tinas)

1. vat
2. tub

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin tīna

Noun

tina f ‎(plural tinas)

1. vat
2. tub, bathtub
3. large earthenware jar

Related terms

• papel de tina
• tinaja

Swedish

Pronunciation

Verb

tina

1. to thaw; to unfreeze; to soften as ice melts away

   Kan du tina den frysta fisken till ikväll?

   Could you please thaw the frozen fish for tonight?

Conjugation

See also

• smälta
• töa

Võro

Noun

tina ‎(genitive tina, partitive tinna)

1. tin

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.