tsarina

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/tsaˈɹiːnə//zaˈɹiːnə/

noun

An empress of several Eastern European countries, especially Russia, or the wife of a tsar.

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Meanings

nountsarina (plural tsarinas, masculine tsar)

plural tsarinas · masculine tsar · alternative czarina · alternative tzarina

  1. historicalAn empress of several Eastern European countries, especially Russia, or the wife of a tsar.

    The biggest Russian czarina was Catherine the Great, a German, who incidentally made Crimea part of Russia.

    2022 January 25, Katrin Bennhold, quoting Matthias Platzeck, “Where Is Germany in the Ukraine Standoff? Its Allies Wonder.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

    Synonyms: tsaritsa, czaritza

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAn empress of several Eastern European countries, especially Russia, or the wife of a tsar.

More synonyms by meaning

nounthe wife or widow of a czar

Broader
female aristocrat
Also see

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. GermanCzarin
  2. Spanishczarina
  3. Italianczarina
  4. Englishtsarina

Via Italian czarina or Spanish czarina, from German Czarin, Zarin, feminine form of Czar, Zar. By surface analysis, tsar + -ina.

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Translations

Arabic قَيْصَرَة
  • قَيْصَرَة (qayṣara)empress or wife of a tsar
Bulgarian цари́ца
  • цари́ца (caríca)empress or wife of a tsar
Catalan tsarina
  • tsarinaempress or wife of a tsar
Chinese Mandarin 女沙皇
  • 女沙皇 (nǚ shāhuáng)empress or wife of a tsar
Czech carevna
  • carevnaempress or wife of a tsar
Danish zarina
  • zarinaempress or wife of a tsar
Dutch tsarina
  • tsarinaempress or wife of a tsar
Esperanto carino
  • carinoempress or wife of a tsar
Estonian tsaarinna
  • tsaarinnaempress or wife of a tsar
Finnish tsaaritar, tsaarinna
  • tsaaritarempress or wife of a tsar
  • tsaarinnaempress or wife of a tsar
French tsarine, tzarine
  • tsarineempress or wife of a tsar
  • tzarineempress or wife of a tsar
German Zarin
  • Zarinempress or wife of a tsar
Greek τσαρίνα, τσαρίτσα
  • τσαρίνα (tsarína)empress or wife of a tsar
  • τσαρίτσα (tsarítsa)empress or wife of a tsar
Hebrew צארית
  • צארית (tsarít)empress or wife of a tsar
Hungarian cárnő, cárné
  • cárnőempress or wife of a tsar
  • cárnéempress or wife of a tsar
Irish bansár
  • bansárempress or wife of a tsar
Italian zarina
  • zarinaempress or wife of a tsar
Japanese ツァリーツァ
  • ツァリーツァ (tsarītsa)empress or wife of a tsar
Korean 차리차
  • 차리차 (charicha)empress or wife of a tsar
Latvian cariene
  • carieneempress or wife of a tsar
Lithuanian carienė
  • carienėempress or wife of a tsar
Malay czarina
  • czarinaempress or wife of a tsar
Norwegian Bokmål tsarina
  • tsarinaempress or wife of a tsar
Polish caryca, carowa
  • carycaempress or wife of a tsar
  • carowaempress or wife of a tsar
Portuguese tsarina, czarina
  • tsarinaempress or wife of a tsar
  • czarinaempress or wife of a tsar
  • tzarinaempress or wife of a tsar
Romanian țarină
  • țarinăempress or wife of a tsar
Russian цари́ца
  • цари́ца (caríca)empress or wife of a tsar
Slovak cárovná
  • cárovnáempress or wife of a tsar
Spanish zarina
  • zarinaempress or wife of a tsar
Swedish tsarinna, tsaritsa
  • tsarinnaempress or wife of a tsar
  • tsaritsaempress or wife of a tsar
Tagalog sarina
  • sarinaempress or wife of a tsar
Thai ซารีนา
  • ซารีนาempress or wife of a tsar
Turkish çariçe
  • çariçeempress or wife of a tsar
Ukrainian цари́ця
  • цари́ця (carýcja)empress or wife of a tsar
Vietnamese nữ sa hoàng, nữ Nga hoàng
  • nữ sa hoàngempress or wife of a tsar
  • nữ Nga hoàngempress or wife of a tsar
Yiddish צאַריצע, צאַרינע
  • צאַריצע (tsaritse)empress or wife of a tsar
  • צאַרינע (tsarine)empress or wife of a tsar

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APA

tsarina. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tsarina

MLA

“tsarina.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tsarina. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tsarina,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tsarina.

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