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Yes. The word spina is a Scrabble US word. The word spina is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word spina is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

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5-letter words (6 found)

NIPAS,PAINS,PIANS,PINAS,SPAIN,SPINA,

4-letter words (18 found)

AINS,ANIS,ISNA,NAPS,NIPA,NIPS,PAIN,PAIS,PANS,PIAN,PIAS,PINA,PINS,SAIN,SNAP,SNIP,SPAN,SPIN,

3-letter words (22 found)

AIN,AIS,ANI,ANS,ASP,INS,NAP,NAS,NIP,NIS,PAN,PAS,PIA,PIN,PIS,PSI,SAI,SAN,SAP,SIN,SIP,SPA,

2-letter words (9 found)

AI,AN,AS,IN,IS,NA,PA,PI,SI,

You can make 55 words from spina according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of spina

spina psina sipna ispna pisna ipsna spnia psnia snpia nspia pnsia npsia sinpa isnpa snipa nsipa inspa nispa pinsa ipnsa pnisa npisa inpsa nipsa spian psian sipan ispan pisan ipsan spain psain sapin aspin pasin apsin siapn isapn saipn asipn iaspn aispn piasn ipasn paisn apisn iapsn aipsn spnai psnai snpai nspai pnsai npsai spani psani sapni aspni pasni apsni snapi nsapi sanpi asnpi naspi anspi pnasi npasi pansi apnsi napsi anpsi sinap isnap sniap nsiap insap nisap sianp isanp sainp asinp iasnp aisnp snaip nsaip sanip asnip nasip ansip inasp niasp iansp ainsp naisp anisp pinas ipnas pnias npias inpas nipas pians ipans pains apins iapns aipns pnais npais panis apnis napis anpis inaps niaps ianps ainps naips anips

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Definitions and meaning of spina

spina

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin spīna (“a thorn; a prickle, spine”). Doublet of spine.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈspaɪ.nə/
  • Rhymes: -aɪnə

Noun

spina (plural spinae)

  1. (anatomy) A spine; the backbone.
  2. (music) One of the quills of a spinet.
  3. (historical) A barrier dividing the Ancient Roman hippodrome longitudinally.

Related terms

  • spina bifida
  • spina externa
  • spina interna

Anagrams

  • IP SAN, PAINS, PAINs, Pains, Pisan, Spain, aspin, nipas, pains, pinas, piñas

Esperanto

Etymology

From spino +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈspina]
  • Rhymes: -ina
  • Hyphenation: spi‧na

Adjective

spina (accusative singular spinan, plural spinaj, accusative plural spinajn)

  1. spinal

Faroese

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈspiːna/

Noun

spina f (genitive singular spinu, uncountable)

  1. sperm

Declension

Synonyms

  • sáð
  • spin

Anagrams

  • nispa
  • pinsa
  • pisan

Gallurese

Etymology

From Classical Latin spīna, from Proto-Italic *speinā, from Proto-Indo-European *spey-neh₂, derived from the root *spey- (“long; thin; sharp”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈspina/
  • (Calangianus, Sant'Antonio di Gallura) IPA(key): /ˈʃpina/

Noun

spina f (plural spini)

  1. thorn

References

Italian

Etymology

From Latin spīna, from Proto-Italic *speinā, from Proto-Indo-European *spey- (“sharp point”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈspi.na/
  • Rhymes: -ina
  • Hyphenation: spì‧na

Noun

spina f (plural spine)

  1. thorn
  2. spine, prickle
  3. plug (electrical)
  4. bone (of fish)
  5. bunghole

Derived terms

Related terms

  • spino

Anagrams

  • naspi, spani

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *speinā, from Proto-Indo-European *spey- (“sharp point”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈspiː.na/, [ˈs̠piːnä]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈspi.na/, [ˈspiːnä]

Noun

spīna f (genitive spīnae); first declension

  1. (literal) a thorn or a thorny tree or shrub, such as whitethorn, hawthorn, or blackthorn
  2. (transferred sense)
    1. (zootomy) a thorn, spine, prickle
    2. (zootomy) a fishbone
    3. (anatomy) the backbone, spine
    4. a low wall along the centre of a circus (racecourse); a barrier
    5. a toothpick
  3. (figurative, in the plural)
    1. (Classical Latin, Medieval Latin) thorns, difficulties, subtleties, perplexities in speaking and debating
    2. cares
    3. errors

Inflection

First-declension noun.

Derived terms

Related terms

  • spīnea
  • spīneola
  • spīnōsitās
  • spīnōsulus

Descendants

See also spīnus

References

  • “spina”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “spina”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • spina in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • spina in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • “spina”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “spina”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  • “spina”, in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976), The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press
  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 580

Middle English

Noun

spina

  1. Alternative form of spyne

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈspi.na/
  • Rhymes: -ina
  • Syllabification: spi‧na

Etymology 1

Deverbal from spinać się.

Noun

spina f

  1. (slang) sudden jitters or anxiety
Declension

Etymology 2

Back-formation from spinka.

Noun

spina f

  1. (dated) Augmentative of spinka; fastener

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

spina

  1. third-person singular present of spinać

Etymology 4

Learned borrowing from Latin spīna, from Proto-Italic *speinā, from Proto-Indo-European *spey-neh₂, from the root *spey- (“sharp point”).

Noun

spina f

  1. (obsolete) spine, vertebral column
    Synonym: kręgosłup
Declension
Related terms
Descendants
  • → Belarusian: спі́на (spína)
  • → Latvian: spina
  • → Russian: спина́ (spiná)
  • → Ukrainian: спи́на (spýna)

Further reading

  • spina in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Source: wiktionary.org