Tina

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "tina"

English

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Etymology

Short form of Christina or of any female name ending in -tina, such as Martina or Albertina; frequently from Latin -ina

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Tina (countable and uncountable, plural Tinas)

  1. A female given name
    1. A female given name from Ancient Greek.
    2. A female given name from Latin.
  2. A lake in Alaska, near/around Anchorage.

Related terms

long form female given names

Noun

Tina (uncountable)

  1. (slang) Alternative letter-case form of tina (“crystal meth”)
    • 2017, James Wharton, Something for the Weekend‎, Biteback Publishing, →ISBN:
      People struggling to merely exist on a Monday smoke Tina because they feel it's the only way to overcome the dreaded comedown from all the other drugs they've taken.

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Breton

Etymology

Clipping of Kaourantina/Kaourintina or Tin +‎ -a (feminine).

Proper noun

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Tina

  1. a diminutive of the female given name Kaourantina
  2. a diminutive of the female given name Kaourintina

Derived terms

References

  • Alain Stéphan, Tous les Prénoms bretons, 1996, Éditions Jean-Paul Gisserot, →ISBN, page 60

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

Singular
Indefinite
Nominative Tina
Accusative Tinu
Dative Tinu
Genitive Tinu

German

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Tina f (genitive Tinas or Tina)

  1. a diminutive of the female given names Christina, Kristina, Bettina, or Martina

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈti.na/
  • Rhymes: -ina
  • Hyphenation: Tì‧na

Proper noun

Tina f

  1. (informal) Synonym of Concetta

Anagrams

Latin

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Etymology

Found in Old English as a component of the place name Tinanmuðe (“Tynemouth”). Possibly of Celtic origin, from Proto-Celtic *tīn (“river”), from Proto-Indo-European *teh₂- (“to flow”). Compare the river Tinna.

View of the river

Proper noun

Tina f sg (genitive Tinae); first declension

  1. The river Tyne in England

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Tina
Genitive Tinae
Dative Tinae
Accusative Tinam
Ablative Tinā
Vocative Tina

References

  • “Tina”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  1. ^ The Brittonic Language in the Old North" (PDF). Scottish Place Name Society.

Norwegian

Proper noun

Tina

  1. a female given name, short for Christina

Romanian

Etymology

From tina, definite form of tină.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Tina f

  1. A village in Livezi, Vâlcea, Romania

Swedish

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Tina c (genitive Tinas)

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

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