Cinderella

cinderella English thumb|Cinderella. Alternative forms common noun en cinderella Etymology From en cinder it:-ella, as in little cinder girl. Compare fr Cendrillon. Pronunciation en /ˌsɪndəˈɹɛlə/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Cinderella.wav Southern England en ɛlə 4 Proper noun s A popular fairy tale embodying a classic folk tale myth-element of unjust oppression and triumphant reward. The main character in this story, a mistreated and impoverished girl. en Melissa Merlie Dancing the night away w:Chillicothe Gazette 189 39 Chillicothe, Ohio 16 May 1988 1B https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/292329750/ 2 The girls look like Southern belles or Cinderellas. The prom’s theme is Cinderellian: “Until Midnight.” Little, clear slippers sit on the 30 cloth- and candle-covered tables on the tarp-covered gymnasium floor. en w:Kathryn Harrison Joan of Arc: A Life Transfigured Doubleday 2014 978-0-385-53120-7 Womanly duties, as Joan thought of them, were fine for girls who imagined themselves as Cinderellas or Sleeping Beauties, good girls rewarded for menial housework and, in the case of Sleeping Beauty, a passivity so profound it was deaf, dumb, blind, and comatose. en Jen Kim Love and…: Bad Boys, “The One” & Other Fun Ways to Sabotage Your Relationship w:Skyhorse Publishing 2018 978-1-5107-2784-7 All the miniature Cinderellas, Belles, and Ariels who fill the streets every Halloween are essentially paying homage to characters that will slowly and inevitably chip away at their sense of worth in years to come. en rare en female coinages. Derived terms en Cinderfella Cinderellaesque Cinderella club Cinderella complex Cinderella dance Cinderella effect Cinderella liberty Cinderella weed Cinderella sale Cinderella service Cinderella team cinderella stamp Cinderella State Cinderella story Tinderella Cinderellian Translations fairy tale Afrikaans: af Aspoestertjie Albanian: sq E Përhitura Arabic: ar سِنْدِرِيلَا f Armenian: hy Մոխրոտ Basque: eu Errauskine, eu Maria Errauskin Belarusian: be Папялу́шка f Breton: br Luduennig f Bulgarian: bg Пепеля́шка f Catalan: ca Ventafocs f Chinese: Cantonese: yue 灰姑娘 fui1 gu1 noeng4 Hokkien: nan-hbl 灰姑娘 Hoe-ko͘-niû / He-ko͘-niû Mandarin: cmn 灰姑娘 Huīgūniang, cmn 仙杜瑞拉 Xiāndùruìlā Czech: cs Popelka f Danish: da Askepot Dutch: nl Assepoester Esperanto: eo Cindrulino Estonian: et Tuhkatriinu Faroese: fo Øskufía f Finnish: fi Tuhkimo French: fr Cendrillon f Galician: gl Cincenta f German: de Aschenputtel n, de Aschenbrödel n Greek: el Σταχτοπούτα f Hebrew: he סינדרלה sinderela f, he לכלוכית likhlukhit f Hindi: hi सिंड्रेला f Hungarian: hu Hamupipőke Icelandic: is Öskubuska f Irish: ga Luaithríona f Italian: it Cenerentola f Japanese: ja シンデレラ Shinderera, ja 灰かぶり姫 はいかぶりひめ, Hai-kaburi-hime, ja 灰だらけ姫 はいだらけひめ, Hai-darake-hime, ja 灰まみれ はいまみれ, Hai-mamire Korean: ko ^신데렐라 Macedonian: mk Пепе́лашка f Maltese: mt Sindirella f Marathi: mr सिंडरेला f Mongolian: mn Үнсгэлжин Norwegian: no Askepott Persian: fa سیندرلا sinderelâ Polish: pl Kopciuszek m-pr Portuguese: pt Cinderela f Romanian: ro Cenușăreasa f Russian: ru Зо́лушка f Sami: Skolt Sami: sms Kunnpeeipuž Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Пепељуга f Latin: sh Pepeljuga f Slovak: sk Popoluška f Slovene: sl Pepélka f Spanish: es Cenicienta f Swedish: sv Askungen Thai: th ซินเดอเรลล่า Turkish: tr Külkedisi Ukrainian: uk Попелю́шка f Urdu: ur سنڈریلا f siṇḍrēlā Uyghur: ug كۈلقىز Vietnamese: vi Cô bé Lọ Lem Walloon: wa Cropecinde f neologism Welsh: cy Sinderela f, cy Esgid Fach Wydr f, cy Ulw-Ela f Yakut: sah Күлчээнэ main character in this fairy tale Afrikaans: af Aspoestertjie Albanian: sq Hirushja American Sign Language: ase C Contact Contact Arabic: ar سِنْدِرِيلَا f Armenian: hy Մոխրոտ Azerbaijani: az Zoluşka Belarusian: be Папялу́шка Bengali: bn সিন্ড্যারেল্যা Bulgarian: bg Пепе́ляшка f Catalan: ca Ventafocs f Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 灰姑娘 Huīgūniang, cmn 仙杜瑞拉 Xiāndùruìlā Czech: cs Popelka f Danish: da Askepot Dutch: nl Assepoester Esperanto: eo Cindrulino Estonian: et Tuhkatriinu Faroese: fo Øskufía f Finnish: fi Tuhkimo French: fr Cendrillon f Galician: gl Cinderela, gl Cincenta f Georgian: ka კონკია German: de Aschenbrödel n, de Aschenputtel n Greek: el Σταχτοπούτα f Hebrew: he סינדרלה sinderela f, he לכלוכית likhlukhit f Hindi: hi सिंडिरेल्ला f, hi सिंड्रेला f Hungarian: hu Hamupipőke Icelandic: is Öskubuska f Indonesian: id Cinderella Irish: ga Luaithríona Italian: it Cenerentola f Japanese: ja シンデレラ Shinderera Kannada: kn ಉಪೇಕ್ಷಿತ Korean: ko ^신데렐라 Latin: la Cinerella Latvian: lv Pelnrušķīte Lithuanian: lt Pelenė Low Saxon: nds Aschenpüeling Macedonian: mk Пепе́лашка f Maltese: mt Sindirella f Marathi: mr सिंडरेला f Mongolian: mn Үнсгэлжин Norwegian: no Askepott Persian: fa سیندرلا sinderelâ Polish: pl Kopciuszek m-pr Portuguese: pt Cinderela f Romanian: ro Cenușăreasa f Russian: ru Зо́лушка f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Пепељуга f Latin: sh Pepeljuga f Slovak: sk Popoluška f Slovene: sl Pepélka f Spanish: es Cenicienta f Swahili: sw Bibi Majivu Swedish: sv Askungen Tagalog: tl Sinderela Tamil: ta சின்டெரெல்லா என்னும் கதையில் வரும் நாயகி Telugu: te గుర్తింపునోచుకోని ఒక వ్యక్తి యొక్క లేక వస్తువుయొక్క ప్రజ్ఞ లేక అందం Thai: th ซินเดอเรลล่า Turkish: tr Külkedisi Ukrainian: uk Попелю́шка Urdu: ur سنڈریلا Uyghur: ug كۈلقىز Vietnamese: vi Lọ Lem Welsh: cy Sinderela f, cy Ulw-Ela f Yakut: sah Күлчээнэ Yiddish: yi סינדערעלאַ Noun en figuratively by analogy A mistreated and impoverished girl. en attributive Something rising unexpectedly from obscurity to success, as a Cinderella team. en attributive Something neglected and denied resources, as a Cinderella service. en Cinderella State in Australia en 1956 February R. C. Riley The Lymington Railway and Isle of Wight Ferry Railway Magazine 82 The Cinderella of the present trio is the Freshwater, which is laid up in the winter months, when one or other of her ugly sisters is sufficient to cope with the service. en 2020 January 2 David Clough How InterCity came back from the brink RAIL 64 A very early example of this can be seen in the case of the Midland Main Line (MML). At the start of 1982, this was the Cinderella of the InterCity portfolio but building more High Speed Trains (HSTs) to replace 90mph trainsets was out of the question. During 1982-83, Bleasdale shuffled his HST pack by taking sets from the Eastern and Western Regions and allocated these to the MML. en 2026 February 18 Paul Clifton West of England Line problems laid bare RAIL 1055 7 The West of England Line has long been a Cinderella railway. Decades of patch-and-mend underinvestment have resulted in consistently poor performance. en attributive informal colloquial A procedure or surgery to reshape the feet. en Laren Stover Make Them Fit, Please! w:The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/24/fashion/foot-surgeries-so-women-can-wear-designer-shoes-in-comfort.html https://web.archive.org/web/20251001113659/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/24/fashion/foot-surgeries-so-women-can-wear-designer-shoes-in-comfort.html 1 October 2025 2014-04-22 2024-04-29 For Dr. Sadrieh (who was wearing made-to-order Gucci brogues), foot surgery is a fusion of medicine and fairy tale. At his practice, you don’t have a bunionectomy; you have a Cinderella procedure. en Robert Wainwright Enid: The Scandalous High-society Life of the Formidable 'Lady Killmore' w:Allen & Unwin 2020 125 https://www.google.com.sv/books/edition/Enid/keLLDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22cinderella+surgery%22&pg=PT125&printsec=frontcover By the mid-1930s prominent members of society, including the aristocracy, were paying hefty fees for this Cinderella surgery, correcting double chins, reshaping noses and smoothing wrinkles and creases, even having stomach tucks. en philately A stamp or stamp-like label issued for purposes other than postal administration, not issued by a central government, or not listed in most general catalogues. en rare disparaging A woman employed to clean, especially to remove ash from stoves and fireplaces. References L. N. and M. Williams, Cinderella Stamps, London, Heinemann, 1970 Further reading Cinderella (disambiguation) Cinderella en Portal:Cinderella Cinderella portal en eponyms en Brothers Grimm Fairy tale characters Fairy tales Fictional characters People