Sabrina
See also: sabrina
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /səˈbɹiːnə/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Proper noun
Sabrina
- (Celtic mythology) A legendary Celtic princess who gave her name to the river Severn.
- A female given name from the Celtic languages, 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
- a female given name recently borrowed from English
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sa.bʁi.na/
Proper noun
Sabrina f
- a female given name borrowed from English, popular from the 1970s to the 1990s
Anagrams
German
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Proper noun
Sabrina
- a female given name from English, popular from the 1970's to the 1990's
Indonesian
Alternative forms
- Shabrina
Etymology
Popularity likely inspired from Arabic صَابْرِينَا (ṣābrīnā) based on Arabic root ص ب ر (ṣ b r), folk etymologized form of earlier سَابْرِينَا (sābrīnā) (now mostly limited to non-Arabs with the name), from English Sabrina.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsabrina/
Proper noun
Sabrina
- a female given name from Arabic [in turn from English], equivalent to English Sabrina
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /saˈbri.na/
- Rhymes: -ina
- Hyphenation: Sa‧brì‧na
Proper noun
Sabrina f
- a female given name
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *Sabrinā.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [saˈbriː.na]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [saˈbriː.na]
Proper noun
Sabrīna f sg (genitive Sabrīnae); first declension
- The river Severn
Declension
First-declension noun, singular only.
| 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
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /saˈbɾĩ.nɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /saˈbɾi.na/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /sɐˈbɾi.nɐ/ [sɐˈβɾi.nɐ]
Proper noun
Sabrina f
- a female given name, equivalent to English Sabrina
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /saˈbɾina/ [saˈβ̞ɾi.na]
- Rhymes: -ina
- Syllabification: Sa‧bri‧na
Proper noun
Sabrina f
- a female given name