Sabrina

See also: sabrina

English

Proper noun

Sabrina

  1. (mythology) A legendary Celtic princess who gave her name to the river Severn.
  2. A female given name, in regular but quiet use after the release of the film Sabrina (1954).

Quotations

  • 1637 John Milton, Comus
    There is a gentle nymph not far from hence,
    That with moist curb sways the smooth Severn stream,
    Sabrina is her name, a virgin pure.

Danish

Proper noun

Sabrina

  1. A female given name recently borrowed from English.

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sa.bʁi.na/

Proper noun

Sabrina

  1. A female given name borrowed from English, popular from the 1970s to the 1990s.

Anagrams


German

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Proper noun

Sabrina

  1. A female given name borrowed from English, popular from the 1970s to the 1990s.

Italian

Proper noun

Sabrina f

  1. A female given name.

Anagrams


Latin

Etymology

View of the river

Proper noun

Sabrīna f (genitive Sabrīnae); first declension

  1. The river Severn

Declension

First declension.

Case Singular
Nominative Sabrīna
Genitive Sabrīnae
Dative Sabrīnae
Accusative Sabrīnam
Ablative Sabrīnā
Vocative Sabrīna

References

  • Sabrina in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Sabrina in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Sabrina in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Portuguese

Proper noun

Sabrina f

  1. A female given name, equivalent to English Sabrina
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