Rapunzel
See also: rapunzel
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from German Rapunzel, the name of several varieties of lettuce.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editRapunzel (plural Rapunzels)
- A German fairy tale about a girl imprisoned in a tower who lets down her long hair for a rescuer to climb.
- The fictional girl who is the protagonist and title character of the fairy tale.
- 1966, Hal Porter, The Paper Chase, Angus and Robertson, page 90:
- […] as they loll in pairs or trios, looking down from the windows like Rapunzels and carpet-knights, while they eat bruised apricots, tomorrow is always on their lips as honey to come.
- 2011, Carole Nelson Douglas, Cat in a Vegas Gold Vendetta, Forge, →ISBN, page 172:
- I spot Sleeping Beauty in a thorn forest. Two of them, only they are more like Rapunzels who’ve fallen from their tower.
Derived terms
editTranslations
edita German fairy tale
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the main character of that tale
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Further reading
editGerman
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editProbably borrowed from 16th century Italian raponzolo, dialectal diminutive of Italian rapa (“turnip”), from Latin rāpa, from the neuter plural of rāpum.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editRapunzel f (genitive Rapunzel, plural Rapunzeln)
- lamb's lettuce (Valerianella locusta)
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:Feldsalat
- rampion (Campanula rapunculus)
- Synonym: Rapunzel-Glockenblume
- spiked rampion (Phyteuma spicatum)
- Synonyms: Ährige Teufelskralle, Weiße Teufelskralle
Declension
editDeclension of Rapunzel [feminine]
Synonyms
edit- (Valerianella): Feldsalat, Vogerlsalat (Austrian), Nüsslisalat (Swiss)
Derived terms
editDescendants
editProper noun
editRapunzel f (genitive Rapunzels or Rapunzel)
- Rapunzel, the long-haired protagonist of an eponymous fairy tale
Descendants
edit- → Arabic: رَابُونْزِل (rābūnzil)
- → Armenian: Ռապունցել (Ṙapuncʻel)
- → English: Rapunzel
- → French: Raiponce (calque)
- → Greek: Ραπουνζέλ (Rapounzél)
- → Hebrew: רפונזל, רפונצל
- → Italian: Raperonzolo (calque)
- → Japanese: ラプンツェル (Rapuntseru)
- → Korean: 라푼첼 (Rapunchel)
- → New Latin: Rapuncula (calque)
- → Esperanto: Rapunkolo
- → Marathi: रॅपुन्जेल (rĕpunjel)
- → Persian: راپانزل (râpânzel), راپونزل (râpunzel)
- → Polish: Roszpunka (calque)
- → Portuguese: Rapunzel
- → Russian: Рапу́нцель (Rapúncelʹ)
- → Spanish: Rapunzel
- → Thai: ราพันเซล (raa-pan-sel)
- → Turkish: Rapunzel
Further reading
editPortuguese
editEtymology
editBorrowed from German Rapunzel.
Pronunciation
edit
Proper noun
editRapunzel f
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