# reina
## Asturian
### Etymology

From Latin rēgīna.

### Noun

reina f (plural reines)
* queen
* (chess) queen

#### Related terms

* rei

### See also

Chess pieces in Asturian · pieces d'axedrez (layout · text) :
| rei | dama, reina | torre | alfil | caballu | peón |

## Catalan
### Alternative forms

* reyna (obsolete)

### Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan reïna (with a shift in stress), from Latin rēgīna.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈrej.nə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈrej.na]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

reina f (plural reines)
* queen
* (chess) queen
* (endearing) darling

#### Derived terms

* reina de les flors
* reina dels boscs
* reina dels prats

#### Related terms

* regnar
* regnat
* regne
* rei

### See also

Chess pieces in Catalan · peces d'escacs (layout · text) :
| rei | reina, dama | torre | alfil | cavall | peó |

### References

* “reina” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “reina”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “reina” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “reina” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Galician
### Verb

reina
* inflection of reinar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /reˈi.na/
* Rhymes: -ina
* Hyphenation: re‧ì‧na

### Etymology 1

From New Latin Rheum (genus of plants that includes rhubarb) +‎ -ina, from Ancient Greek ῥῆον (rhêon, “rhubarb”). The acid is derived from anthraquinone, present in rhubarb leaves.

#### Noun

reina f (plural reine)
* (botany) knotweed, smartweed (Polygonaceae plants including rhubarb)
* (organic chemistry) carboxyl acid

### Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin regīna.

#### Noun

reina f (plural reine)
* (archaic or poetic, Old Roman) queen

### Etymology 3
#### Noun

reina f (plural reine)
* (ichthyology, regional, Tuscan) carp (Cyprinus carpio)

### References

* ↑ reina in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana.

### Anagrams

* areni, arnie, ernia, renai

## Old Occitan
### Etymology

From Latin rēgīna.

### Noun

reina f (oblique plural reinas, nominative singular reina, nominative plural reinas)
* queen (female monarch)

#### Descendants

* Occitan: reina

### References

* Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “regina”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 10: R, page 210

## Papiamentu
### Etymology

From Spanish reina.

### Noun

reina
* queen

## Portuguese
### Verb

reina
* inflection of reinar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Sardinian
### Noun

reina f (plural reinas)
* queen
    Coordinate term: re
* (chess) queen

### See also

Chess pieces in Sardinian · petzos de is iscacos (layout · text) :
| re | reina | turre | alfiere | caddu | peone |

### Further reading

* “reina” in Ditzionàriu in línia de sa limba e de sa cultura sarda (2016). Searchable in multiple languages at ditzionariu.sardegnacultura.it

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈreina/ [ˈrei̯.na]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -eina
* Syllabification: rei‧na

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Spanish reyna (with a shift in stress), from Latin rēgīna. Compare Italian regina and Portuguese rainha.

#### Noun

reina f (plural reinas)
* queen
* (chess) queen
    Synonym: dama
* (card games) queen
* (checkers) king
    Synonym: dama

##### Derived terms

* abeja reina
* brazo de reina
* chapín de la reina
* reina de la casa
* reina de la noche
* reina de los prados
* reina del drama (“drama queen”)
* reina del hogar
* reina madre
* silla de la reina

##### Related terms

* rey

##### Descendants

* → Cebuano: rayna
* → Papiamentu: reina
* → Tagalog: reyna

##### See also

Chess pieces in Spanish · piezas de ajedrez (layout · text) :
| rey | dama, reina | torre, roque | alfil | caballo | peón |
Playing cards in Spanish · cartas (layout · text) :
| as | dos | tres | cuatro | cinco | seis | siete |
| ocho | nueve | diez | sota | reina | rey | comodín |

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

reina
* inflection of reinar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “rey”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

### Anagrams

* aíren, erina, reían