Teresa

See also: Têrêsa and teresa

English

Alternative forms

• Theresa

Etymology

First recorded as the name of a fourth-century Spanish saint. Of obscure origin; suggestions include Therasia or Thera, ancient name of the Greek island Thira.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /təˈɹiː.sə/, /təˈɹiː.zə/

  • Audio (UK):

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• Rhymes: -iːsə, -iːzə

Proper noun

Teresa

1. A female given name from Ancient Greek, the Spanish and Italian form of Theresa.
   • 1980 Laura Furman: The Glass House, a Novella and Stories. Viking Press 1980. →ISBN page 76:

     My friends call me Terry. My husband always used my full name, Teresa. He said it made him feel like he was married to a foreign woman.

   • 1999 Ed McBain, The Big Bad City, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 139:

     Cynthia and Melinda, reduced to Cindy and Mindy, as Carella had dreaded would happen from the moment she named them. Her older daughter had fared better. Tess, modern and sleek for Teresa, which conjured up cobblestoned streets in a mountain village in Potenza.

2. A municipality of Rizal, Philippines.

Related terms

• Diminutives: Terri, Terry, Tess, Tessa, Tessy.

Translations

female given name

• Arabic: تْيْرْيْزَا f (tyryzā)
• Armenian: Թերեզա (Tʻereza)
• Catalan: Teresa (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 特蕾莎 (Tèlěishā), 特雷莎 (Tèléishā), 特麗薩／特丽萨 (Tèlìsà), 特丽萨 (Tèlìsà), 特里薩 (Tèlǐsà), 特里萨 (Tèlǐsà), 德蕾莎 (Délěishā)

• Czech: Tereza (cs)
• Danish: Therese
• Dutch: Trees
• Esperanto: Tereza
• Finnish: Teresa (fi)
• French: Thérèse (fr) f
• Galician: Tereixa f
• Georgian: ტერეზა (ṭereza)
• German: Theresa (de) f, Theresia (de) f
• Greek: Θηρεσία (el) f (Thiresía)
• Hawaiian: Keleka, Kelekia
• Hebrew: תרזה (he) f (Terizá)
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• Hungarian: Teréz (hu), Terézia (hu)
• Irish: Treasa f
• Italian: Teresa (it) f
• Japanese: テレサ (Teresa)
• Korean: 테레사 (Teresa)
• Latvian: Terēze f
• Maori: Terehia
• Norwegian: Therese (no)
• Polish: Teresa (pl) f
• Portuguese: Teresa (pt) f
• Russian: Тере́за (ru) f (Teréza)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Тереза f

  Roman: Tereza f

• Sicilian: Tresa f
• Spanish: Teresa (es) f
• Swedish: Teresia, Therese (sv)
• Vietnamese: Têrêsa

See also

• Tracy

Anagrams

• Easter, Eastre, aretes, arsete, arêtes, asteer, earset, easter, eaters, ratees, reseat, saeter, seater, staree, sæter, teares, teaser

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [təˈɾɛ.zə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [təˈɾə.zə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [teˈɾe.za]

Proper noun

Teresa f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Teresa

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Faroese

Proper noun

Teresa f

1. a female given name

Usage notes

Matronymics

• son of Teresa: Teresuson
• daughter of Teresa: Teresudóttir

Declension

	Singular
	Indefinite
Nominative	Teresa
Accusative	Teresu
Dative	Teresu
Genitive	Teresu

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [teˈʁeːza]

• Audio (Austria):

  (file)

• Hyphenation: Te‧re‧sa

Proper noun

Teresa f (genitive Teresas or Teresa)

1. a female given name, variant of Theresa

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /teˈrɛ.za/, /teˈre.za/
• Rhymes: -ɛza, -eza
• Hyphenation: Te‧rè‧sa, Te‧ré‧sa

Proper noun

Teresa f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Teresa

Anagrams

• Artese, estera, estrae, sarete, serate, tesare, teserà

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Teresiă.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɛˈrɛ.sa/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛsa
• Syllabification: Te‧re‧sa

Proper noun

Teresa f (diminutive Tereska or Terenia)

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Teresa

Declension

Declension of Teresa

	singular	plural
nominative	Teresa	Teresy
genitive	Teresy	Teres
dative	Teresie	Teresom
accusative	Teresę	Teresy
instrumental	Teresą	Teresami
locative	Teresie	Teresach
vocative	Tereso	Teresy

Further reading

• Teresa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Teresa in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Teresa f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Teresa

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Teresa.

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Spanish

Etymology

Unknown. Suggestions include Therasia or Thera, ancient name of the Greek island Thira.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /teˈɾesa/ [t̪eˈɾe.sa]

Proper noun

Teresa f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Teresa

Derived terms

• Tere

Anagrams

• aretes
• estera

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Tagalog

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Te‧re‧sa
• IPA^(key): /teˈɾesa/, [t̪ɛˈɾɛː.sɐ]

Proper noun

Teresa

1. Teresa (a municipality of Rizal, Philippines)

Proper noun

Teresa

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Teresa