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catherine

Cath·er·ine
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [kath-er-in, kath-rin]
    • /ˈkæθ ər ɪn, ˈkæθ rɪn/
    • /ˈkæθrɪn/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [kath-er-in, kath-rin]
    • /ˈkæθ ər ɪn, ˈkæθ rɪn/

Definitions of catherine word

  • noun catherine Saint. died 307 ad, legendary Christian martyr of Alexandria, who was tortured on a spiked wheel and beheaded 3
  • noun catherine a feminine name: dim. Cathy, Kate, Kathy, Kit, Kitty; var. Catharine; equiv. It. Caterina, Ir. Kathleen, Russ. Ekaterina, Scand. Karen, Sp. Catalina, Catarina 3
  • noun catherine Saint(4th cent. a.d.); Christian martyr of Alexandria: her day is Nov. 25 3
  • noun catherine Saint(1347-80); It. Dominican: her day is April 29 3
  • noun catherine Catherine I1684?-1727; wife of Peter the Great; empress of Russia (1725-27) 3
  • noun catherine Catherine II1729-96; German-born empress of Russia (1762-96) 3
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catherine popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 82% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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  • catherine de médicis

    (Caterina de' Medici) 1518–89, queen of Henry II of France (mother of Francis II, Charles IX, and Henry III).

  • catherine wheel

    A Catherine wheel is a firework in the shape of a circle which spins round and round.

  • medici

    Catherine de', Catherine de Médicis.

  • parr

    a young salmon, having dark crossbars on its sides.

  • bowen

    Elizabeth (Dorothea Cole). 1899–1973, British novelist and short-story writer, born in Ireland. Her novels include The Death of the Heart (1938) and The Heat of the Day (1949)

  • breshkovsky

    Catherine, 1844–1934, Russian revolutionary of noble birth: called “the little grandmother of the Russian Revolution.”.
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