Father Frost

English

Etymology

Calque of Russian Дед Моро́з (Ded Moróz), literally "Grandfather Frost".

Proper noun

Father Frost

1. In Slavic culture, a traditional Yuletide gift-bearing character.

Synonyms

• Ded Moroz

Translations

Slavic equivalent to Santa Claus

• Armenian: Ձմեռ պապ (Jmeṙ pap)
• Azerbaijani: Şaxta Baba
• Bashkir: Ҡыш бабай (Qış babay)
• Belarusian: Дзед Мароз m (Dzjed Maróz)
• Bulgarian: Дядо Мраз m (Djado Mraz)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 嚴寒老人／严寒老人 (Yánhán Lǎorén)

• Czech: Děda Mráz (cs) m
• Danish: Fader Frost
• Erzya: Якшаматя (Jakšamaťa)
• Esperanto: Avo Frosto (eo)
• Finnish: pakkasukko (fi)
• German: Väterchen Frost n
• Kalmyk: киитн аав (kiitn aav)
• Karelian: Pakkaisukko n
• Macedonian: Дедо Мраз m (Dedo Mraz)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Fader Frost

• Polish: Dziadek Mróz (pl) m
• Romanian: Moș Gerilă m
• Russian: Де́д Моро́з (ru) m (Déd Moróz)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Деда мраз m (Serbia), Дјед Мраз m (Croatia, Bosnia)

  Roman: Deda Mraz m (Serbia), Djed Mraz m (Croatia, Bosnia)

• Shor: Сооқ Апшый
• Slovak: Dedo Mráz m
• Slovene: Dedek Mraz m
• Tatar: Кыш бабай (Qış babay)
• Ukrainian: Дід Моро́з m (Did Moróz)

See also

• Jack Frost
• Santa Claus
• Father Christmas