tian

See also: Tian, tián, tiàn, tiān, tiǎn, and tí'àn

English

Etymology

From Provençal French tian, from Ancient Greek τήγανον (tḗganon).

Noun

tian (plural tians)

An oval cooking-pot, traditionally used in Provence.
A Provençal dish of layered baked vegetables.

Anagrams

NAIT, TINA, Tani, Tina, ain't, aniṭ, anti, anti-, nait, tain, tina

Esperanto

Adjective

tian

accusative singular of tia

Adverb

tian

Obsolete form of tiam.

French

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τήγανον (tḗganon).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tjɑ̃/

Noun

tian m (plural tians)

tian, cooking-pot

Further reading

“tian” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

Ligurian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τήγανον (tḗganon).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tjaŋ/

Noun

tian m (please provide plural)

tian, cooking-pot

Mandarin

Romanization

tian

Nonstandard spelling of tiān.
Nonstandard spelling of tián.
Nonstandard spelling of tiǎn.
Nonstandard spelling of tiàn.

Usage notes

English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Old Frisian

**Old Frisian cardinal numbers**
< 9	10	11 >
Cardinal : tian

Alternative forms

tēne, tīne

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *tehun.

Numeral

tiān

(cardinal) ten

Descendants

North Frisian:
Föhr-Amrum: tjiin

Helgoland: tain

Mooring: tin

Wiedingharde: tiin
Saterland Frisian: tjoon
West Frisian: tsien

Swedish

Noun

tian

definite singular of tia

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.