reina

From Latin rēgīna.

reina f (plural reines)

1. queen
2. (chess) queen

• rei

• reyna (obsolete)

Inherited from Old Catalan reïna (with a shift in stress), from Latin rēgīna.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈrej.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈrej.na]

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reina f (plural reines)

1. queen
2. (chess) queen
3. (endearing) darling

• “reina”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “reina”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “reina” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “reina” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

reina

1. inflection of reinar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• IPA^(key): /reˈi.na/
• Rhymes: -ina
• Hyphenation: re‧ì‧na

From New Latin Rheum (genus of plants that includes rhubarb) +‎ -ina, from Ancient Greek ῥῆον (rhêon, “rhubarb”). The acid is derived from anthraquinone, present in rhubarb leaves.^[1]

reina f (plural reine)

1. (botany) knotweed, smartweed (Polygonaceae plants including rhubarb)
2. (organic chemistry) carboxyl acid

Inherited from Latin regīna.

reina f (plural reine)

1. (archaic or poetic, Old Roman) queen

reina f (plural reine)

1. (ichthyology, regional, Tuscan) carp (Cyprinus carpio)

• areni, arnie, ernia, renai

From Latin rēgīna.

reina f (oblique plural reinas, nominative singular reina, nominative plural reinas)

1. queen (female monarch)

• Occitan: reina

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “regina”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 10: R, page 210

From Spanish reina.

reina

1. queen

reina

1. inflection of reinar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

reina f (plural reinas)

1. queen

   Coordinate term: re

2. (chess) queen

• “reina”, in Ditzionàriu in línia de sa limba e de sa cultura sarda [Online Dictionary of the Sardinian Language and Culture] (in Sardinian, Italian, and English), Autonomous Region of Sardinia [Sardinian: Regione Autonoma della Sardegna]

• IPA^(key): /ˈreina/ [ˈrei̯.na]

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• Rhymes: -eina
• Syllabification: rei‧na

Inherited from Old Spanish reyna (with a shift in stress), from Latin rēgīna. Compare Italian regina and Portuguese rainha.

reina f (plural reinas)

1. queen
2. (chess) queen

   Synonym: dama

3. (card games) queen
4. (checkers) king

   Synonym: dama

• → Cebuano: rayna
• → Papiamentu: reina
• → Tagalog: reyna

reina

1. inflection of reinar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “rey”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

• aíren, erina, reían