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Is tian a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word tian is a Scrabble US word. The word tian is worth 4 points in Scrabble:

T1I1A1N1

Is tian a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word tian is a Scrabble UK word and has 4 points:

T1I1A1N1

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Valid words made from Tian

You can make 22 words from 'tian' in our Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

4 letters words from 'tian'

ANTI 4TAIN 4
TIAN 4TINA 4

3 letters words from 'tian'

AIN 3AIT 3
ANI 3ANT 3
ITA 3NAT 3
NIT 3TAI 3
TAN 3TIN 3

2 letters words from 'tian'

AI 2AN 2
AT 2IN 2
IT 2NA 2
TA 2TI 2

All 4 letters words made out of tian

tian itan tain atin iatn aitn tina itna tnia ntia inta nita tani atni tnai ntai anti nati iant aint inat niat anit nait

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word tian. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in tian.

Definitions and meaning of tian

tian

Etymology

French, from Provençal tian, from Old Occitan, from Ancient Greek τήγανον (tḗganon), variant of τάγηνον (tágēnon, “frying pan”).

Noun

tian (plural tians)

  1. An oval cooking-pot, traditionally used in Provence.
  2. A Provençal dish of layered baked vegetables.

Anagrams

  • Atin, NAIT, TINA, Tain, Tani, Tina, ain't, aniṭ, anti, anti-, nait, tain, tina

Esperanto

Pronunciation

Adjective

tian

  1. accusative singular of tia

Adverb

tian

  1. Obsolete form of tiam.

French

Etymology

From Provençal tian, from Old Occitan, from Ancient Greek τήγανον (tḗganon), variant of τάγηνον (tágēnon, “frying pan”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tjɑ̃/

Noun

tian m (plural tians)

  1. tian, cooking-pot

Further reading

  • “tian” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

  • nait, naît
  • niât
  • tain, 'tain

Ilocano

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *tian, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tian, from Proto-Austronesian *tiaN

Noun

tián

  1. belly; abdomen
  2. uterus; womb

Ligurian

Etymology

French, from Provençal, from Old Occitan, from Ancient Greek τήγανον (tḗganon), variant of τάγηνον (tágēnon, “frying pan”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tjaŋ/

Noun

tian m (please provide plural)

  1. tian, cooking-pot

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *tian, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tian, from Proto-Austronesian *tiaN.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ti.an/
  • Rhymes: -ian, -jan, -an

Noun

tian (Jawi spelling تيان‎, plural tian-tian, informal 1st possessive tianku, impolite 2nd possessive tianmu, 3rd possessive tiannya)

  1. uterus
  2. (Java) the lower abdomen in a pregnant woman

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Indonesian: tian

References

  • "tian" in Kamus Dewan, Fourth Edition, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, →ISBN, 2005.
  • “tian” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Mandarin

Romanization

tian

  1. Nonstandard spelling of tiān.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of tián.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of tiǎn.
  4. Nonstandard spelling of tiàn.

Usage notes

  • English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *teuhan.

Verb

tian

  1. to pull
  2. to raise (a child)
  3. to feed

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

  • anttian
  • *gitian
    • ūtgitian

Descendants

  • Middle Dutch: tiën
    • Dutch: tijgen

Further reading

  • “tīan”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Quotations

  • 10th century, Psalm 55:22:
    Uuirp ouir herrin sorga thina inde he thi tion sal. in ne sal giuon an iuuon uuankilheide rehlikin.
    Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.
    Note: the original is lost and only a fragment of a copy of a lost copy survives; according to a surviving list of glosses from the lost copy, ‘tion’ was spelled ‘tian’ in a now lost part of the text.

Old Frisian

Alternative forms

  • tēne, tīne

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *tehun.

Numeral

tiān

  1. ten

Descendants

  • North Frisian:
    Föhr-Amrum: tjiin
    Helgoland: tain
    Mooring: tin
    Wiedingharde: tiin
  • Saterland Frisian: tjoon
  • West Frisian: tsien

Swedish

Noun

tian

  1. definite singular of tia

Anagrams

  • Tina, anti-, inat, inta, tina

Tagalog

Noun

tián

  1. Obsolete spelling of tiyan

Source: wiktionary.org
  • relating to a thysanuran, a bristletail.
    (source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)