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Snow White
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thumb|Walt Disney's version of Snow White (Disney character) Snow White, from the Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film) 1937 Snow White film.
Alternative forms
en Snow-White
Etymology
en de Schneewittchen en white as snow.
Pronunciation
en /snəʊ waɪt/ UK
en /snoʊ (h)waɪt/ US
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Snow White.wav GA
Proper noun
s Snow White
A fairy tale, the best-known version of Schneewittchen collected by the Brothers Grimm, in which a beautiful young girl is targeted by a jealous queen and tended by dwarfs.
The main character in that story.
en Canadian Children’s Literature 1994 29 The discovery of male Cinderellas and Snow Whites in modern Turkish folklore invites further meditations and investigations.
en w:Carol J. Adams; Douglas Buchanan; Kelly Gesch The Bedside, Bathtub & Armchair Companion to Jane Austen Continuum 2008 113 978-0-8264-2933-9 Though it is often up to the Prince Charming of each novel to sweep the Austenian Snow Whites and Cinderellas off their feet, it is often up to the Snow Whites and Cinderellas to teach their respective heroes a little sense—or, in the case of Colonel Brandon and his all-but-impassioned Shakespeare reading, a little sensibility.
en Gloria J. Romero Just Not That Likable: The Price All Women Pay for Gender Bias w:Post Hill Press 2021 978-1-64293-980-4 There is no shortage of little girls dressed as Sleeping Beauties, Snow Whites, Cinderellas, or even any of the princess “rebels” such as Ariel (who gave up her voice for a man) or Belle (who endured captivity as a pathway to love).
A fictional character in the fairy tale Snow-White and Rose-Red, from Schneeweißchen und Rosenrot collected by the Brothers Grimm.
Coordinate terms
en Rose Red Rose-Red Coal Black Coal-Black
Related terms
en snow-white snow white white as snow
Translations
character from Snow White (Schneewittchen)
Afrikaans: af Sneeuwwitjie
Albanian: sq Borëbardha
Arabic: ar بَيْضَاء الثَّلْج f, ar بَيَاضُ الثَّلْج f
Armenian: hy Սպիտակաձյունիկ
Azerbaijani: az Ağbəniz
Basque: eu Edurnezuri
Belarusian: be Беласне́жка f
Breton: br Gwennerc'h
Bulgarian: bg Снежанка f
Catalan: ca Blancaneus f, ca Blancaneu f
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 白雪公主 baak6 syut3 gung1 zyu2, yue 雪姑 syut3 gu1 dated
Mandarin: cmn 白雪 Báixuě, cmn 白雪公主 Báixuě Gōngzhǔ
Czech: cs Sněhurka f
Danish: da Snehvide
Dutch: nl Sneeuwwitje n
Esperanto: eo Neĝulino
Estonian: et Lumivalgeke
Finnish: fi Lumikki
French: fr Blanche-Neige f
Galician: gl Brancaneves
Georgian: ka ფიფქია
German: de Schneewittchen n
Greek: el Χιονάτη f
Hebrew: he שלגייה f shilgiyá, he שִׁלְגִּיָּה f shilgiyá
Hungarian: hu Hófehérke
Icelandic: is Mjallhvít f
Indonesian: id Salju
Irish: ga Sneachta Bán
Italian: it Biancaneve f
Japanese: ja 白雪姫 しらゆきひめ, Shirayukihime
Kapampangan: pam Maputing Niebi
Kazakh: kk Ақшақар
Korean: ko ^백설, ko ^백설 공주
Latin: la Albanix
Latvian: lv Sniegbaltīte f
Lithuanian: lt Snieguolė f
Macedonian: mk Снежана f
Maltese: mt Bajda Silġ f
Mongolian: mn Цасан цагаан
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb Snøhvit
Nynorsk: nn Snøkvit
Persian: fa سفیدبرفی
Polish: pl Śnieżka f
Portuguese: pt Branca de Neve f
Romanian: ro Albă ca Zăpada f
Russian: ru Белосне́жка f
Scots: sco Snaw White
Scottish Gaelic: gd Ròs Bhàn f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Сњегуљица f, sh Снежана f, sh Сњежана f
Latin: sh Snjeguljica f, sh Snježana f
Slovak: sk Snehulienka
Slovene: sl Sneguljčica f
Spanish: es Blancanieves
Swedish: sv Snövit
Thai: th สโนว์ไวต์
Turkish: tr Pamuk Prenses
Ukrainian: uk Білосні́жка f
Uyghur: ug قار مەلىكە
Uzbek: uz Qor-Oq
Vietnamese: vi Bạch Tuyết
Volapük: vo Nifavietil
Welsh: cy Eira Wen f, cy Gweneira f
character from Snow-White and Rose-Red (Schneeweißchen und Rosenrot)
Arabic: ar سْنُو وَايْت f
Bengali: bn তুষারধবল
Catalan: ca Blancaneus, ca Blancaneu f
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 白雪 Báixuě
Czech: cs Sněhurka
Dutch: nl Sneeuwwitje n
Esperanto: eo Neĝulino
Estonian: et Lumivalgeke
Finnish: fi Lumikki, fi Lumivalko
French: fr Blanche-Neige f
Galician: gl Brancaneves
German: de Schneeweißchen n
Greek: el Χιονούλα f
Japanese: ja 白雪 しらゆき, Shirayuki
Kapampangan: pam Maputing Niebi
Korean: ko ^백설
Macedonian: mk Снежана f
Polish: pl Białośnieżka f
Portuguese: pt Branca de Neve f
Russian: ru Беляно́чка f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Сњегуљица f
Latin: sh Snjeguljica f
Spanish: es Blancanieves
Swedish: sv Snövit
Volapük: vo Jinifavietanil
Welsh: cy Eira Wen f, cy Gweneira f
Further reading
Snow White
Snow-White and Rose-Red
Anagrams
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