Thumbelina

English

Etymology

From thumb, as a calque of Danish Tommelise, the original name created by Hans Christian Andersen.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌθʌmbəˈliːnə/
Rhymes: -iːnə

Proper noun

Thumbelina

A fairy tale about a thumb-sized girl.
The main character in this story.

Related terms

Translations

a thumb-sized girl, the main character of a fairy tale

Arabic: ثُومْبِلِينَا‎ f (ṯūmbilīnā)
Armenian: Մատնաչափիկը (Matnačʿapʿikə)
Basque: please add this translation if you can
Belarusian:
Traditional: Пярсьця́начка f (Pjarsʹcjánačka), Цалёвачка f (Caljóvačka)
Bengali: থাম্বেলিনা (thambelina)
Bulgarian: Палечка f (Palečka)
Catalan: Patufeta f, Polzeta f, Ditona f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 拇指姑娘 (Mǔzhǐ gūniang), 小不點／小不点 (zh) (Xiǎobùdiǎn), 花蕊姑娘 (Huāruǐ gūniang), 拇指公主 (Mǔzhǐ gōngzhǔ)
Chuvash: Пӳрнепи (Pürnep̬i)
Danish: Tommelise c
Dutch: Duimelijntje n
Esperanto: Fingrulino
Estonian: Pöial-Liisi (et)
Finnish: Peukalo-Liisa
French: Poucette f, Petite Poucette f
Georgian: ცეროდენა (cerodena)
German: Däumelinchen (de) n, Däumelieschen
Greek: Τοσοδούλα (el) f (Tosodoúla)
Hebrew: אֶצְבַּעוֹנִית‎ f (Etzba'onít)
Icelandic: Þumalína f
Italian: Mignolina f, Pollicina f
Japanese: 親指姫 (おやゆびひめ, Oyayubi-hime)
Kazakh: Түймеқыз (Tüimeqyz)
Korean: 엄지공주 (Eomjigongju), 엄지 공주 (Eomji gongju)
Mongolian: Ямх охин (Jamx oxin)
Norwegian: Tommelise f
Polish: Calineczka f, Calinka f, Calóweczka f, Paluszka f, Odrobinka f, Dziecię elfów n
Portuguese: Polegarzinha f
Romanian: Degețica f
Russian: Дюймо́вочка (ru) f (Djujmóvočka)
Spanish: Pulgarcita f, Almendrita f
Swedish: Tummelisa c
Turkish: Parmak Kız
Ukrainian: Дюймо́вочка f (Djujmóvočka), Палюше́нка f (Paljušénka), Мизи́ночка f (Myzýnočka)
West Frisian: Tommelyske f

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