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See also: raínha

Old Galician-Portuguese

Noun

rainha f (plural rainhas)

alternative form of reinha

Further reading

Universo Cantigas - "reinha ~ rainha"

Portuguese

rainha

Alternative forms

raynha, raïnha, raínha, reinha, reynha (obsolete)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese reinha, rainha, from Latin rēgīna. Compare Galician raíña.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁaˈĩ.ɲɐ/ [haˈĩ.j̃ɐ]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁaˈĩ.ɲɐ/ [χaˈĩ.j̃ɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁaˈi.ɲa/ [haˈi.ɲa]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɐˈi.ɲɐ/

Audio (Portugal (Porto)): (file)
Rhymes: (Brazil) -ĩɲɐ, (Portugal) -iɲɐ
Hyphenation: ra‧i‧nha

Noun

rainha f (plural rainhas, masculine rei, masculine plural reis)

queen (a monarch or the wife of a king)
(chess) queen
Synonym: dama
(card games) queen
Synonym: dama

Derived terms

See also

Chess pieces in Portuguese · peças de xadrez (layout · text)
👁 ♚	👁 ♛	👁 ♜	👁 ♝	👁 ♞	👁 ♟
rei	rainha, dama	torre	bispo	cavalo	peão

Playing cards in Portuguese · cartas de baralho (layout · text)
👁 Image	👁 Image	👁 Image	👁 Image	👁 Image	👁 Image	👁 Image
ás	dois, duque	três, terno	quatro, quadra	cinco, quina	seis, sena	sete, bisca, manilha
👁 Image	👁 Image	👁 Image	👁 Image	👁 Image	👁 Image	👁 Image
oito	nove	dez	valete	dama, rainha	rei	jóquer, curinga

Further reading

“rainha”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“rainha”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
“rainha”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
“rainha”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

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