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tiara

Portuguese, noun/t͡ʃiˈa.ɾɐ/

tiara is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “tiara (papal crown)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “mitra de três pontas antigamente usada pelos papas”.

What does tiara mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininetiara (papal crown)

  2. 2

    femininetiara (ornamental coronet)

  3. 3

    feminineheadband (curved, flexible accessory for holding one’s hair back)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. mitra de três pontas antigamente usada pelos papas 2. ornamento que soberanos orientais usavam na cabeça 3. ornamento em forma de semicírculo usado na cabeça

The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.

Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of tiara

  • tiaras plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce tiara?

  • Brazil /t͡ʃiˈa.ɾɐ/
  • Brazil /ˈt͡ʃja.ɾɐ/
  • Portugal /ˈtja.ɾɐ/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to tiara

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is tiara in Portuguese?

tiara appears 1.6 times per million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).