Tina

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tina"

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtiːnə/

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

• Albertina
• Christina
• Martina
• Valentina

 

Noun

Tina (uncountable)

1. (slang) Alternative letter-case form of tina (“crystal meth”)
   • 2017, James Wharton, Something for the Weekend‎^[1], 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.

Anagrams

• Atin, NAIT, Tain, Tani, Tian, ain't, aniṭ, anti, anti-, nait, tain, tian

Breton

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Tina

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

Derived terms

• Tinaig

 

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

• [2] 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

• anti, anti-, nati

Latin

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

Norwegian

Proper noun

Tina

1. a female given name, short for Christina

Romanian

Etymology

From tina, definite form of tină.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Tina f

1. A village in Livezi, Vâlcea, Romania

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²tiːna/

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Proper noun

Tina c (genitive Tinas)

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

Anagrams

• anti-, inat, inta, tian