tsarina · noun — an empress of several Eastern European countries, especially Russia, or the wife of a tsar. It carries an Arena rating of 1474, earned across 60 head-to-head judged battles.
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Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, tsarina ranks #1,598 of 17,162 for Most Elegant Words, #3,929 of 17,188 for Words That Escaped Their Books, #4,068 of 17,163 for Most Beautiful Words, #6,298 of 17,166 for Most Vivid Words.
tsarina is pronounced /tsaˈɹiːnə/.
Why “tsarina” is a great word
TSARINA — [Noun] The empress of Russia or the consort of a tsar. Via Italian czarina or Spanish czarina, from German Czarin or Zarin, the feminine form of Czar or Zar ("tsar"), with the suffix -ina denoting a feminine title. Unlike "tsarevna" (which denotes a tsar's daughter, a figure of lineage but not yet power) or the generic "queen" (a title spanning continents and constitutions), "tsarina" is singular, autocratic, and ice-bound in its geography. It is the chill of a sapphire the size of a rook’s egg against a pale throat, the irrevocable sound of a sealing ring pressed into crimson wax, and the absolute silence that falls when her gaze passes over a bowed courtier—the embodiment of a power so absolute it feels less like rule and more like a climate.
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Etymology
Via Italian czarina or Spanish czarina, from German Czarin, Zarin, feminine form of Czar, Zar. By surface analysis, tsar + -ina.
noun
- An empress of several Eastern European countries, especially Russia, or the wife of a tsar.e.g.“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:
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