tiara
Syllables: ti·ar·a/tiˈɑːɹə/US/tiˈɑɹə/
tiara noun: the three-tiered papal crown.
Noun
tiara (plural tiaras or (rare) tiarae or (rare, archaic) tiaræ)
- The three-tiered papal crown.
- An ornamental coronet.
- I had scarcely taken my accustomed low seat at her side, when, opening a casket which stood on the table near her, she took out a diamond tiara, and, placing it in my hair, pointed to the glass. 'Ah, my child!' she exclaimed, 'you well become your future crown!' and, without waiting for my reply...1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 200
- [T]heir tiaræ are like those of the magi; […]1842, Joseph Strutt, J[ames] R[obinson] Planché, “[The Introduction.] The Ancient Habits of the Assyrians, of the Persians, of the Medes, and of Other Asiatic Nations.”, in A Complete View of the...
Verb
tiara (third-person singular simple present tiaras, present participle tiaraing, simple past and past participle tiaraed)
- To adorn as a tiara.
- Brilliants tiaraed her head.
- Small platters of various provender succeed each other rapidly; fish, pastry, creams, then perhaps stews again of goose, turkey, peacock, vegetables, and then sweets again, without any regard to the programmes recommended by the English or French professors of the divine art. A pyramid of pilauf...1837, Michael J[oseph] Quin, “Life in the East.—No. 1.”, in Theodore Hook, editor, The New Monthly Magazine and Humorist, part the third, London: Henry Colburn, […], page 312
- To adorn with a tiara.
- He tiaraed her head.
- Old Dandolo! and where are they who learned / To feel the fire with which thy bosom burned, / The sons, who caught from thee the spark divine, / And made their country worthy to be thine; / Laid conquered regions at her feet, and all / Tiaraed her with nations; that her pall / Was one vast universe...1833 August, “Anna Erizzo. A Tale of Venice.”, in The Knickerbocker: or, New-York Monthly Magazine, volume II, number 2, New York, N.Y.: Peabody & Co. […], stanza III, page 82
Proper noun capitalized: Tiara
Tiara
- A female given name from English from the noun tiara
tiara meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Telugu
tiara in Hindi
- टियारा
tiara in Marathi
- टियारा, टियाराला
tiara in Urdu
- تاج
tiara in Telugu
- టియారా, టియారాకు, టియారాకి
More languagesFewer languages
- tiara in Malayalam
- തിയാറയിലേക്ക്, ടിയാരയിലേക്ക്
- tiara in Kannada
- ಟಿಯಾರಾ, ಟಿಯಾರಾಗೆ, ಟಿಯಾರಾಕ್ಕೆ
- tiara in Punjabi
- ਟੀਆਰਾ
- tiara in Gujarati
- ટિયારા
- tiara in Nepali
- टियारा
- tiara in Persian
- تیار tiyâr
Examples of tiara in a sentence
- I had scarcely taken my accustomed low seat at her side, when, opening a casket which stood on the table near her, she took out a diamond tiara, and, placing it in my hair, pointed to the glass.1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry...
- During the Bronze Age in the Near East kings and gods often wore tiarae and helmets provided with horns […]1970, Γεώργιος Στυλιανός Κορρές [Geórgios Stylianós Korrés], Τα μετά κεφαλών κριών κράνη: η κεφαλή κριού ως έμβλημα αρχής [Ta metá kefalón...
- In the centre of the front side, two male standing figures are shown, dressed in tunicae with long sleeves, wearing tiarae and holding two double headed axes and stylized palm branches in their hands.2021, Nadežda Gavrilović Vitas, “The Cult of Jupiter Dolichenus in the Central Balkans”, in Ex Asia et Syria: Oriental Religions in the...
- “The crowd’s ready for the drop,” she shouts in my ear, holding a headphone to her tiara.2025 October 17, Niamh Rowe, “‘Legacies condensed to AI slop’: OpenAI Sora videos of the dead raise alarm with legal experts”, in The...
Forms of tiara
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | tiaras |
| plural (rare) | tiarae |
| plural (archaic, rare) | tiaræ |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | tiaras |
| present participle | tiaraing |
| past participle | tiaraed |
| past | tiaraed |
Origin of tiara
Borrowed from Latin tiāra, from Ancient Greek τιάρα (tiára), of unknown ultimate origin.
Words formed from tiara
Questions about tiara
- What does tiara mean?
- Tiara means the three-tiered papal crown.
- What is tiara in Hindi?
- Tiara in Hindi is टियारा. See Tiara meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use tiara in a sentence?
- I had scarcely taken my accustomed low seat at her side, when, opening a casket which stood on the table near her, she took out a diamond tiara, and, placing it in my hair, pointed to the glass.
- What part of speech is tiara?
- Tiara can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce tiara?
- Tiara is pronounced /tiˈɑːɹə/.
- What is the plural of tiara?
- The plural of tiara is tiaras.
Words near tiara in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: tiara (page history and authors); Tiara (page history and authors); tiara (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tiara (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tiara (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); tiara (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tiara (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tiara (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tiara (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tiara (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tiara (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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