Bluebeard

bluebeard English thumb|Bluebeard by Harry Clarke Etymology en fr Barbe-Bleue blue beard. Pronunciation en en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Bluebeard.wav Southern England Proper noun A famous fairy tale 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. The nobleman who is the title character of the story. Derived terms en Bluebeardian Bluebeardism Translations the famous fairy tale Arabic: ar اَللِّحْيَة الزَّرْقَاء f al-liḥya z-zarqāʔ Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 藍鬍子 Lán Húzi Dutch: nl Blauwbaard Esperanto: eo Blubarbulo Finnish: fi Ritari Siniparta French: fr Barbe-Bleue m German: de Blaubart m Greek: el Κυανοπώγων m Italian: it Barbablù m Japanese: ja 青ひげ あおひげ, Aohige (ja 青髭 あおひげ, Aohige) Kazakh: kk Көк сақал Mongolian: mn Хөх сахалт Norwegian: no Polish: pl Sinobrody m Romanian: ro Barbă Albastră Russian: ru Си́няя Борода́ f Swedish: sv Blåskägg Turkish: tr Mavi Sakal Vietnamese: vi Yêu Râu Xanh the title character Arabic: ar Bulgarian: bg Синята Брада Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 藍鬍子 Lán Húzi Dutch: nl Blauwbaard Finnish: fi Ritari Siniparta French: fr Barbe-Bleue m German: de Blaubart m Greek: el Κυανοπώγων m Italian: it Barbablù m Japanese: ja 青ひげ あおひげ, Aohige (ja 青髭 あおひげ, Aohige) Norwegian: no Ridder Blåskjegg Polish: pl Sinobrody m Portuguese: pt Barba Azul m Romanian: ro Barbă Albastră Russian: ru Си́няя Борода́ f Swedish: sv Blåskägg Noun A man who marries and then murders one wife after another. en 2012 Lacey Baldwin-Smith Henry VIII c Henry never lived down his reputation as a Bluebeard, and only a few years before his death sporting gentlemen in Antwerp were laying bets that the English Lothario would divorce and marry once again. Derived terms en Bluebeardesque References Webster's Collegiate Dictionary of the English Language, International Encyclopedic Edition, 2002. en Fairy tales Fairy tale characters Fictional characters Male people Murder People en adjective-noun compound nouns eponyms