Tintin

Cebuano

Alternative forms

  • Tin-Tin

Etymology

Reduplication of Tin from various names with one of its syllables pronounced as such.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: Tin‧tin

Noun

Tintin

  1. a diminutive of the female given names Christine or Tina
  2. a diminutive of the male given names Quintin or Martin

Finnish

Proper noun

Tintin

  1. genitive singular of Tintti

French

Etymology

The origin of the name "Tintin" is not known. While the series' creator, Hergé, never explained the reason for the name, it is asserted in The Pocket Essential Tintin (Jean-Marc and Randy Lofficier, 2002) that the name is from an earlier pulp fiction novel called Les Voyages Aeriens D'Un Petit Parisien A Travers le Monde. Various other theories have also been supposited.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɛ̃.tɛ̃/

Proper noun

Tintin m

  1. a male given name
  2. (fiction) a fictional reporter in the comic book series The Adventures of Tintin

Derived terms

Further reading

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