tiffany
/ˈtɪfəni/
tiffany noun: a kind of gauze, or very thin silk.
Noun (1)
tiffany (countable and uncountable, plural tiffanies)
- A kind of gauze, or very thin silk.
- […] the smoak of sulphur will not black paper, and is commonly used by Women to whiten Tiffanies […]1646, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, 2nd edition, London: Edw. Dod & Nath. Ekins, Book 6, Chapter 12, p. 284
- Reduce all to a very fine Powder, searsing the same through a Tiffany Searse, as you should the former.1721, Robert Samber, chapter 1, in A Treatise of the Plague, London: James Holland et al., page 8
Proper noun capitalized: Tiffany
Tiffany
- A northern English surname.
- A female given name transferred from the surname.
- "That's her real name, you know. I mean, a lot of girls working the topless joints, they take exotic, sexy names...well, Tiffany Carter, for example...but that was the name Tracy was born with."1985, Ed McBain, Snow White and Rose Red, page 130
- Tiffany Henyard’s tumultuous tenure as mayor of south suburban Dolton is coming to an end, and voters were very clear about ousting her.2025 February 25, Gabriel Castillo, Jenna Barnes, Ben Bradley, Michael Johnson, Erik Runge, “Defeated in Dolton: Trustee Jason House beats incumbent Mayor Tiffany Henyard by landslide in primary”, in...
Noun (2) capitalized: Tiffany
Tiffany (uncountable)
- Ellipsis of Tiffany glass.
tiffany meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
tiffany in Hindi
- टिफ़नी, टिफनी
tiffany in Tamil
- டிஃப்பனி, டிஃபானி, டிஃபனி
tiffany in Marathi
- टिफ़नी
tiffany in Urdu
- ٹفنی
More languagesFewer languages
- tiffany in Bengali
- টিফানি, টিফনি
- tiffany in Telugu
- టిఫనీ, టిఫ్ఫనీ
- tiffany in Malayalam
- ടിഫാനി, ടിഫനി, ടിഫണി
- tiffany in Kannada
- ಟಿಫಾನಿ, ಟಿಫನಿ
- tiffany in Punjabi
- ਟਿਫ਼ਨੀ, ਟਿਫਨੀ, ਟਿੱਫਨੀ
- tiffany in Gujarati
- ટિફની, ટિફેની, ટીફની
- tiffany in Odia
- ଟିଫାନି, ଟିଫନି
Forms of tiffany
| plural | tiffanies |
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Origin of tiffany
From an Anglo-Norman common name for the festival of the Epiphany. See Tiffany.
From Old French Tifinie, Tiphanie, from Latin Theophania (“Epiphany”), from Ancient Greek θεο- (theo-, “god”) (combining form of θεός (theós, “god”)) + φαίνω (phaínō, “to shine, appear”). Doublet of theophany. The given name (from circa 12th century) was usually given to girls born at Epiphany. The surname (from late 13th century) is a dialectal variant of the surname Tiffin, which derives from the given name variant Tiffania. In modern times, the given name has been (re)popularized by the surname borne by Charles Lewis Tiffany, founder of jewelry company Tiffany & Co.
Words formed from tiffany
Phrases with tiffany
Questions about tiffany
- What does tiffany mean?
- Tiffany means a kind of gauze, or very thin silk.
- What is tiffany in Hindi?
- Tiffany in Hindi is टिफ़नी, टिफनी. See Tiffany meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is tiffany?
- Tiffany can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce tiffany?
- Tiffany is pronounced /ˈtɪfəni/.
- What is the plural of tiffany?
- The plural of tiffany is tiffanies.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: tiffany (page history and authors); Tiffany (page history and authors); tiffany (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tiffany (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tiffany (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tiffany (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tiffany (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tiffany (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tiffany (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tiffany (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tiffany (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tiffany (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tiffany (Odia, 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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