Bluebeard

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Proper noun

Bluebeard

1. A famous fairytale written by Charles Perrault in 1697 about a violent nobleman who has the habit of murdering his wives and the attempts of his current wife to avoid the same fate.
2. The nobleman who is the title character of the story.

Translations

the famous fairytale

• Arabic: اللحية الزرقاء (ar) (al-líHya al-zarqaa') f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 藍鬍子 (cmn), 蓝胡子 (cmn) (Lán Húzi)

• French: Barbe-Bleue (fr) f
• German: Blaubart (de) f
• Greek: Κυανοπώγων (el) (Kyanopógon) m

• Italian: please add this translation if you can
• Japanese: 青ひげ (ja) (あおひげ, Ao-hige) (青髭 (ja))
• Norwegian: please add this translation if you can
• Romanian: Barbă Albastră (ro)
• Russian: Синяя Борода (ru) (Sínjaja Borodá) f
• Swedish: Blåskägg (sv)

the title character

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 藍鬍子 (cmn), 蓝胡子 (cmn) (Lán Húzi)

• French: Barbe-Bleue (fr) f
• German: Blaubart (de) f
• Greek: Κυανοπώγων (el) (Kyanopógon) m
• Italian: Barbablù (it) m

• Japanese: 青ひげ (ja) (あおひげ, Ao-hige) (青髭 (ja))
• Norwegian: Ridder Blåskjegg (no)
• Polish: Sinobrody (pl) m
• Portuguese: Barba Azul (pt) m
• Romanian: Barbă Albastră (ro)
• Russian: Синяя Борода (ru) (Sínjaja Borodá) f
• Swedish: Blåskägg (sv)

Noun

Bluebeard (plural Bluebeards)

1. A man who married and then murdered one wife after another.

References

Webster's Collegiate Dictionary of the English Language, International Encyclopedic Edition, 2002.