"Teresa" meaning in English

See Teresa in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /təˈɹiː.sə/, /təˈɹiː.zə/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Teresa.wav
Rhymes: -iːsə, -iːzə Etymology: First recorded as the name of a fourth-century Spanish saint. Of obscure origin; suggestions include Therasia or Thera, ancient name of the Greek island Thira. Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Teresa
  1. A female given name from Ancient Greek, the Spanish and Italian form of Theresa. Categories (topical): English female given names, English given names Synonyms: Theresa Related terms: Terri [diminutive], Terry [diminutive], Tess [diminutive], Tessa [diminutive], Tessy [diminutive], Tracy Translations (female given name): تْيْرْيْزَا (tyryzā) [feminine] (Arabic), Թերեզա (Tʻereza) (Armenian), Teresa [feminine] (Catalan), 特蕾莎 (Tèlěishā) (Chinese Mandarin), 特雷莎 (Tèléishā) (Chinese Mandarin), 特麗薩 (Chinese Mandarin), 特丽萨 (Tèlìsà) (Chinese Mandarin), 特里薩 (Tèlǐsà) (Chinese Mandarin), 德蕾莎 (Délěishā) (Chinese Mandarin), Tereza (Czech), Therese (Danish), Trees (Dutch), Tereza (Esperanto), Teresa (Finnish), Thérèse [feminine] (French), Tereixa [feminine] (Galician), ტერეზა (ṭereza) (Georgian), Theresa [feminine] (German), Theresia [feminine] (German), Θηρεσία (Thiresía) [feminine] (Greek), Keleka (Hawaiian), Kelekia (Hawaiian), תרזה (Terizá) [feminine] (Hebrew), Teréz (Hungarian), Terézia (Hungarian), Treasa [feminine] (Irish), Teresa [feminine] (Italian), テレサ (english: Teresa) (Japanese), 테레사 (english: Teresa) (Korean), Terēze [feminine] (Latvian), Terehia (Maori), Therese (Norwegian), Teresa [feminine] (Polish), Teresa [feminine] (Portuguese), Тере́за (Teréza) [feminine] (Russian), Тереза [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), Tereza [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), Tresa [feminine] (Sicilian), Teresa [feminine] (Spanish), Teresia (Swedish), Therese (Swedish), Têrêsa (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-Teresa-en-name-u1saRTpg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hawaiian translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Latvian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Sicilian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 98 2 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 98 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 97 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 97 3 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 98 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 97 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 98 2 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 98 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 99 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Hawaiian translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 96 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 97 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 99 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 98 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Latvian translations: 97 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 97 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 97 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 97 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 98 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Sicilian translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 99 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of 'female given name': 99 1
  2. A municipality of Rizal, Philippines. Categories (place): Municipalities of Rizal, Philippines, Municipalities of the Philippines, Places in Rizal, Philippines, Places in the Philippines
    Sense id: en-Teresa-en-name-Qjqdrtws
{
  "etymology_text": "First recorded as the name of a fourth-century Spanish saint. Of obscure origin; suggestions include Therasia or Thera, ancient name of the Greek island Thira.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "Teresa",
      "name": "en-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "name": "English female given names",
          "parents": [
            "Female given names",
            "Given names",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "name": "English given names",
          "parents": [
            "Given names",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "98 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "98 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "94 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Arabic translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "94 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Armenian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "92 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Catalan translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "95 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Czech translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "95 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Danish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "97 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Dutch translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "94 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Esperanto translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "97 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Finnish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "98 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with French translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "97 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Galician translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "98 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Georgian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "98 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with German translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "99 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Greek translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "94 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Hawaiian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "96 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Hebrew translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "97 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Hungarian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "92 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Irish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "99 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Italian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "98 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Japanese translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "94 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Korean translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "97 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Latvian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "97 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Mandarin translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "94 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Maori translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "97 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Norwegian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "97 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Polish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "94 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Portuguese translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "98 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Russian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "94 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "94 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Sicilian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "99 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Spanish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "94 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Swedish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "94 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Vietnamese translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1980, Laura Furman, The Glass House, a Novella and Stories., Viking Press, →ISBN, page 76:",
          "text": "My friends call me Terry. My husband always used my full name, Teresa. He said it made him feel like he was married to a foreign woman.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1999, Ed McBain, The Big Bad City, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 139:",
          "text": "Cynthia and Melinda, reduced to Cindy and Mindy, as Carella had dreaded would happen from the moment she named them. Her older daughter had fared better. Tess, modern and sleek for Teresa, which conjured up cobblestoned streets in a mountain village in Potenza.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A female given name from Ancient Greek, the Spanish and Italian form of Theresa."
      ],
      "id": "en-Teresa-en-name-u1saRTpg",
      "links": [
        [
          "given name",
          "given name"
        ],
        [
          "Spanish",
          "Spanish"
        ],
        [
          "Italian",
          "Italian"
        ],
        [
          "Theresa",
          "Theresa"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "tags": [
            "diminutive"
          ],
          "word": "Terri"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "tags": [
            "diminutive"
          ],
          "word": "Terry"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "tags": [
            "diminutive"
          ],
          "word": "Tess"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "tags": [
            "diminutive"
          ],
          "word": "Tessa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "tags": [
            "diminutive"
          ],
          "word": "Tessy"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "word": "Tracy"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "word": "Theresa"
        }
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "tyryzā",
          "sense": "female given name",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "تْيْرْيْزَا"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "Tʻereza",
          "sense": "female given name",
          "word": "Թերեզա"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "female given name",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Teresa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "Tèlěishā",
          "sense": "female given name",
          "word": "特蕾莎"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "Tèléishā",
          "sense": "female given name",
          "word": "特雷莎"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "female given name",
          "word": "特麗薩"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "Tèlìsà",
          "sense": "female given name",
          "word": "特丽萨"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "Tèlǐsà",
          "sense": "female given name",
          "word": "特里薩"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "Délěishā",
          "sense": "female given name",
          "word": "德蕾莎"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "female given name",
          "word": "Tereza"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "female given name",
          "word": "Therese"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "female given name",
          "word": "Trees"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "female given name",
          "word": "Tereza"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "female given name",
          "word": "Teresa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "female given name",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Thérèse"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "female given name",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Tereixa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "ṭereza",
          "sense": "female given name",
          "word": "ტერეზა"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "female given name",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Theresa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "female given name",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Theresia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "Thiresía",
          "sense": "female given name",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Θηρεσία"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "haw",
          "lang": "Hawaiian",
          "sense": "female given name",
          "word": "Keleka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "haw",
          "lang": "Hawaiian",
          "sense": "female given name",
          "word": "Kelekia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "Terizá",
          "sense": "female given name",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "תרזה"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "female given name",
          "word": "Teréz"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "female given name",
          "word": "Terézia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "female given name",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Treasa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "female given name",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Teresa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ja",
          "english": "Teresa",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "sense": "female given name",
          "word": "テレサ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ko",
          "english": "Teresa",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "sense": "female given name",
          "word": "테레사"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "female given name",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Terēze"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "female given name",
          "word": "Terehia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "female given name",
          "word": "Therese"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "female given name",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Teresa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "female given name",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Teresa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "Teréza",
          "sense": "female given name",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Тере́за"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "female given name",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Тереза"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "female given name",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Tereza"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "scn",
          "lang": "Sicilian",
          "sense": "female given name",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Tresa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "female given name",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Teresa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "female given name",
          "word": "Teresia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "female given name",
          "word": "Therese"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "female given name",
          "word": "Têrêsa"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Municipalities of Rizal, Philippines",
          "orig": "en:Municipalities of Rizal, Philippines",
          "parents": [
            "Municipalities",
            "Places",
            "Political subdivisions",
            "Names",
            "Polities",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Municipalities of the Philippines",
          "orig": "en:Municipalities of the Philippines",
          "parents": [
            "Municipalities",
            "Places",
            "Political subdivisions",
            "Names",
            "Polities",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Places in Rizal, Philippines",
          "orig": "en:Places in Rizal, Philippines",
          "parents": [
            "Places",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Places in the Philippines",
          "orig": "en:Places in the Philippines",
          "parents": [
            "Places",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A municipality of Rizal, Philippines."
      ],
      "id": "en-Teresa-en-name-Qjqdrtws",
      "links": [
        [
          "municipality",
          "municipality"
        ],
        [
          "Rizal",
          "Rizal#English"
        ],
        [
          "Philippines",
          "Philippines#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/təˈɹiː.sə/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/təˈɹiː.zə/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Teresa.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/24/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-Teresa.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-Teresa.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/24/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-Teresa.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-Teresa.wav.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iːsə"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iːzə"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Teresa"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English proper nouns",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "Entries with translation boxes",
    "Pages with 10 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:English/iːsə",
    "Rhymes:English/iːzə",
    "Rhymes:English/iːzə/3 syllables",
    "Terms with Arabic translations",
    "Terms with Armenian translations",
    "Terms with Catalan translations",
    "Terms with Czech translations",
    "Terms with Danish translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Esperanto translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with Galician translations",
    "Terms with Georgian translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Greek translations",
    "Terms with Hawaiian translations",
    "Terms with Hebrew translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Irish translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Korean translations",
    "Terms with Latvian translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Maori translations",
    "Terms with Norwegian translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations",
    "Terms with Sicilian translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations",
    "Terms with Vietnamese translations"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "First recorded as the name of a fourth-century Spanish saint. Of obscure origin; suggestions include Therasia or Thera, ancient name of the Greek island Thira.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "Teresa",
      "name": "en-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "related": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "diminutive"
      ],
      "word": "Terri"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "diminutive"
      ],
      "word": "Terry"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "diminutive"
      ],
      "word": "Tess"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "diminutive"
      ],
      "word": "Tessa"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "diminutive"
      ],
      "word": "Tessy"
    },
    {
      "word": "Tracy"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English female given names",
        "English female given names from Ancient Greek",
        "English given names",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1980, Laura Furman, The Glass House, a Novella and Stories., Viking Press, →ISBN, page 76:",
          "text": "My friends call me Terry. My husband always used my full name, Teresa. He said it made him feel like he was married to a foreign woman.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1999, Ed McBain, The Big Bad City, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 139:",
          "text": "Cynthia and Melinda, reduced to Cindy and Mindy, as Carella had dreaded would happen from the moment she named them. Her older daughter had fared better. Tess, modern and sleek for Teresa, which conjured up cobblestoned streets in a mountain village in Potenza.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A female given name from Ancient Greek, the Spanish and Italian form of Theresa."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "given name",
          "given name"
        ],
        [
          "Spanish",
          "Spanish"
        ],
        [
          "Italian",
          "Italian"
        ],
        [
          "Theresa",
          "Theresa"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Municipalities of Rizal, Philippines",
        "en:Municipalities of the Philippines",
        "en:Places in Rizal, Philippines",
        "en:Places in the Philippines"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A municipality of Rizal, Philippines."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "municipality",
          "municipality"
        ],
        [
          "Rizal",
          "Rizal#English"
        ],
        [
          "Philippines",
          "Philippines#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/təˈɹiː.sə/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/təˈɹiː.zə/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Teresa.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/24/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-Teresa.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-Teresa.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/24/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-Teresa.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-Teresa.wav.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iːsə"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iːzə"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "Theresa"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "tyryzā",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "تْيْرْيْزَا"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "Tʻereza",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "Թերեզա"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Teresa"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Tèlěishā",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "特蕾莎"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Tèléishā",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "特雷莎"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "特麗薩"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Tèlìsà",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "特丽萨"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Tèlǐsà",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "特里薩"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Délěishā",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "德蕾莎"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "Tereza"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "Therese"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "Trees"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "Tereza"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "Teresa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Thérèse"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Tereixa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ṭereza",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "ტერეზა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Theresa"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Theresia"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "Thiresía",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Θηρεσία"
    },
    {
      "code": "haw",
      "lang": "Hawaiian",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "Keleka"
    },
    {
      "code": "haw",
      "lang": "Hawaiian",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "Kelekia"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "Terizá",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "תרזה"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "Teréz"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "Terézia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Treasa"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Teresa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "english": "Teresa",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "テレサ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "english": "Teresa",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "테레사"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Terēze"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "Terehia"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "Therese"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Teresa"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Teresa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Teréza",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Тере́за"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Тереза"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Tereza"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Tresa"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Teresa"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "Teresia"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "Therese"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "Têrêsa"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Teresa"
}

Download raw JSONL data for Teresa meaning in English (8.1kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-11-28 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-11-21 using wiktextract (65a6e81 and 0dbea76). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.