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Rapunzel
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rapunzel
English
thumb|A cosplay of Rapunzel.
Etymology
Borrowed from en de Rapunzel, the name of several varieties of lettuce.
Pronunciation
en /ɹəˈpʌnzəl/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Rapunzel.wav US
Proper noun
s
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.
en w:Hal Porter The Paper Chase Angus and Robertson 1966 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.
en w:Carole Nelson Douglas Cat in a Vegas Gold Vendetta Forge 2011 172 978-0-7653-2746-8 I spot Sleeping Beauty in a thorn forest. Two of them, only they are more like Rapunzels who’ve fallen from their tower.
en Lauri Robinson The Flapper’s Baby Scandal Harlequin 2020 9781488065804 He keeps all three of us locked up like Rapunzels.
Derived terms
Rapunzelesque
Rapunzelian
Rapunzel syndrome
Translations
a German fairy tale
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 長髮姑娘 Chángfà Gūniang, Chángfǎ Gūniang, cmn 萵苣姑娘 Wōjù Gūniang, cmn 長髮公主 Chángfà Gōngzhǔ, Chángfǎ Gōngzhǔ
Czech: cs Locika f
Dutch: nl Raponsje f, nl Rapunzel
Esperanto: eo Rapunkolo
Finnish: fi Tähkäpää
French: fr Raiponce f
German: de Rapunzel f
Greek: el Ραπουνζέλ f
Hebrew: he רפונזל f, he רפונצל f
Icelandic: is Garðabrúða f
Italian: it Raperonzolo f
Japanese: ja ラプンツェル Rapuntseru
Korean: ko ^라푼첼
Latin: la Rapuncula f
Marathi: mr रॅपुन्जेल f
Polish: pl Roszpunka f
Portuguese: pt Rapunzel f
Romanian: ro Sălățica f
Russian: ru Рапу́нцель f
Spanish: es Rapunzel f
Thai: th ราพันเซล
Turkish: tr Rapunzel
Welsh: cy Rwdaba f
the main character of that tale
Arabic: ar رَابُونْزِل f
Armenian: hy Ռապունցել
Bulgarian: bg Рапунцел
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 長髮姑娘 Chángfà Gūniang, Chángfǎ Gūniang, cmn 萵苣姑娘 Wōjù Gūniang, cmn 長髮公主 Chángfà Gōngzhǔ, Chángfǎ Gōngzhǔ
Czech: cs Locika f
Dutch: nl Raponsje f, nl Rapunzel f
Esperanto: eo Rapunkolo
Finnish: fi Tähkäpää
French: fr Raiponce f
German: de Rapunzel f
Greek: el Ραπουνζέλ f
Hebrew: he רפונזל f, he רפונצל f
Hindi: hi रॅपन्ज़ेल f
Icelandic: is Garðabrúða f
Italian: it Raperonzolo f
Japanese: ja ラプンツェル Rapuntseru
Korean: ko ^라푼첼
Latin: la Rapuncula f
Marathi: mr रॅपुन्जेल f
Persian: fa راپانزل râpânzel, fa راپونزل râpunzel
Polish: pl Roszpunka f
Romanian: ro Sălățica f
Russian: ru Рапу́нцель f
Slovene: sl Zlatolaska f
Spanish: es Rapunzel f
Thai: th ราพันเซล
Turkish: tr Rapunzel
Welsh: cy Rwdaba f
Further reading
en Brothers Grimm Fairy tale characters Fairy tales Fictional characters
German
Alternative forms
de Rapuntzel obsolete
Etymology
Probably borrowed from 16th century de it raponzolo, dialectal diminutive of de it rapa turnip, from de la rāpa, from the neuter plural of la rāpum.
Pronunciation
de [ʁaˈpʊnt͡sl̩]
de De-Rapunzel.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Noun
f
lamb's lettuce Valerianella locusta species
de Thesaurus:Feldsalat
rampion Campanula rapunculus species
de Rapunzel-Glockenblume
spiked rampion Phyteuma spicatum species
de Ährige Teufelskralle Weiße Teufelskralle
Declension
f
Synonyms
Valerianella de Feldsalat, de Vogerlsalat Austrian, de Nüsslisalat Swiss
Derived terms
de Feldrapunzel
Descendants
fr raiponce 1
nb rapunsel 1
pl roszpunka 1
Proper noun
de proper noun f genitive Rapunzels or Rapunzel
Rapunzel, the long-haired protagonist of an eponymous fairy tale
Descendants
ar رَابُونْزِل 1
hy Ռապունցել 1
en Rapunzel 1
fr Raiponce 1
el Ραπουνζέλ 1
he רפונזל רפונצל 1
it Raperonzolo 1
ja ラプンツェル Rapuntseru 1
ko ^라푼첼 1
la-new Rapuncula 1
eo Rapunkolo 1
nb Rapunsel 1
mr रॅपुन्जेल 1
fa راپانزل râpânzel راپونزل râpunzel 1
pl Roszpunka 1
pt Rapunzel 1
ru Рапу́нцель 1
es Rapunzel 1
th ราพันเซล 1
tr Rapunzel 1
Further reading
de Fairy tale characters
Portuguese
pt:
Etymology
pt :bor de:Rapunzel + 1
Pronunciation
pt ɛw<a:BR> ɛl<a:PT>
pt Ra pun zel
Proper noun
f
pt European folklore en Rapunzel
pt Fairy tales Fictional characters
Spanish
Etymology
es :bor de:Rapunzel + 1
Pronunciation
Proper noun
f
es European folklore en Rapunzel
es Fairy tales Fictional characters