Cinderella

See also: cinderella

English

Etymology

From cinder, as if little cinder girl. Compare French Cendrillon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌsindəˈrɛlə/

Proper noun

Cinderella

1. A popular fairy tale embodying a classic folk tale myth-element of unjust oppression and triumphant reward.
2. The main character in this story, a mistreated and impoverished girl. At a royal ball she meets a handsome prince who later identifies her with a dropped article, most commonly a slipper, and removes her from her poverty.
3. (rare) A female given name

Derived terms

terms derived from Cinderella

Cinderfella Cinderellaesque

Cinderella State Cinderella story

Translations

fairy tale

• Arabic: سِنْدِرِيلَا f ‎(sindirīlā)
• Armenian: Մոխրոտ ‎(Moxrot)
• Basque: Errauskine, Maria Errauskin
• Belarusian: Папялу́шка f ‎(Papjalúška)
• Bulgarian: Пепе́ляшка f ‎(Pepéljaška)
• Catalan: Ventafocs f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 灰姑娘 (zh) ‎(Huīgūniang), 仙杜瑞拉

• Czech: Popelka (cs) f
• Danish: Askepot (da)
• Dutch: Assepoester (nl)
• Esperanto: Cindrulino, Cindrulino
• Faroese: Øskufía f
• Finnish: Tuhkimo (fi)
• French: Cendrillon (fr) f
• German: Aschenputtel (de) n
• Greek: Σταχτοπούτα (el) f ‎(Stachtopoúta)
• Hebrew: סינדרלה f
• Hindi: सिंड्रेला f ‎(siṇḍrēlā)
• Hungarian: Hamupipőke (hu)
• Icelandic: Öskubuska
• Irish: Luaithríona f
• Italian: Cenerentola (it) f

• Japanese: シンデレラ ‎(Shinderera)
• Korean: 신데렐라 (ko) ‎(Sinderella)
• Macedonian: Пепелашка f ‎(Pepelaška)
• Maltese: Sindirella f
• Marathi: सिंडरेला f ‎(siṇḍarēlā)
• Norwegian: Askepott (no)
• Persian: سیندرلا
• Polish: Kopciuszek (pl)
• Portuguese: Cinderela f
• Romanian: Cenușăreasa (ro) f
• Russian: Зо́лушка (ru) f ‎(Zóluška)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Пепељуга f

  Roman: Pepeljuga f

• Skolt Sami: Kunnpeeipuž
• Slovak: Popoluška f
• Slovene: Pepélka (sl) f
• Spanish: Cenicienta f
• Swedish: Askungen
• Thai: ซินเดอเรลล่า ‎(sin-der-rayn-lâa)
• Turkish: Külkedisi
• Ukrainian: Зо́лушка f ‎(Zóluška), Попелю́шка f ‎(Popeljúška)
• Urdu: سنڈریلا f ‎(siṇḍrēlā)
• Vietnamese: Cô bé Lọ Lem
• Walloon: Cropecinde f (neologism)

main character in this fairy tale

• Afrikaans: Aspoestertjie
• Albanian: Hirushja
• American Sign Language: C Contact Contact
• Arabic: سندريلا
• Armenian: Մոխրոտ ‎(Moxrot)
• Azeri: Zoluşka
• Belarusian: Папялу́шка ‎(Papjalúška)
• Bengali: সিন্ড্যারেল্যা ‎(sinḑjarelja)
• Bulgarian: Пепе́ляшка f ‎(Pepéljaška)
• Catalan: Ventafocs f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 灰姑娘 (zh) ‎(Huīgūniang)

• Czech: Popelka (cs) f
• Danish: Askepot (da)
• Dutch: Assepoester (nl)
• Esperanto: Cindrulino
• Estonian: Tuhkatriinu
• Faroese: Øskufía f
• Finnish: Tuhkimo (fi)
• French: Cendrillon (fr) f
• Galician: Cinderela
• Georgian: კონკია ‎(ḳonḳia)
• German: Aschenputtel (de) n
• Greek: Σταχτοπούτα (el) f ‎(Stachtopoúta)
• Hebrew: סינדרלה\לכלוכית ‎(Sinderela\Lichluchit)
• Hindi: सिंडिरेल्ला ‎(Sindirēllā)
• Hungarian: Hamupipőke (hu)
• Icelandic: Öskubuska
• Indonesian: Cinderella
• Irish: Luaithríona
• Italian: Cenerentola (it) f
• Japanese: シンデレラ ‎(Shinderera)

• Kannada: ಉಪೇಕ್ಷಿತ (kn) ‎(upēkṣita)
• Korean: 신데렐라 (ko) ‎(Sinderella)
• Latin: Cinerella
• Latvian: Pelnrušķīte
• Lithuanian: Pelenė
• Macedonian: Пепелашка f ‎(Pepelaška)
• Maltese: Sindirella f
• Marathi: सिंडरेला f ‎(siṇḍarēlā)
• Norwegian: Askepott (no)
• Persian: سیندرلا ‎(Sinderela)
• Polish: Kopciuszek (pl)
• Portuguese: Cinderela f
• Romanian: Cenușăreasa (ro) f
• Russian: Зо́лушка (ru) f ‎(Zóluška)
• Serbo-Croatian: Pepeljuga

  Cyrillic: Пепељуга f

  Roman: Pepeljuga f

• Slovak: Popoluška f
• Slovene: Pepélka (sl) f
• Spanish: Cenicienta f
• Swahili: Bibi Majivu
• Swedish: Askungen
• Tagalog: Sinderela
• Tamil: சின்டெரெல்லா என்னும் கதையில் வரும் நாயகி ‎(ciṉṭerellā eṉṉum kataiyil varum nāyaki)
• Telugu: గుర్తింపునోచుకోని ఒక వ్యక్తి యొక్క లేక వస్తువుయొక్క ప్రజ్ఞ లేక అందం ‎(gurtiṃpunōcukōni oka vyakti yokka lēka vastuvuyokka prajña lēka aṃdaṃ)
• Thai: ซินเดอเรลล่า ‎(Cinderella)
• Turkish: Külkedisi
• Ukrainian: Попелю́шка ‎(Popeljúška)
• Urdu: سنڈریلا
• Vietnamese: Lọ Lem
• Yiddish: סינדערעלאַ ‎(sinderela)

Noun

Cinderella ‎(plural Cinderellas)

1. (by analogy) A mistreated and impoverished girl.
2. (attributive) Rising unexpectedly from obscurity to success, as a Cinderella team.
3. (attributive) Neglected and denied resources, as a Cinderella service.
4. (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.
5. (rare, pejorative) A woman employed to clean, especially to remove ash from stoves and fireplaces.

References

• L. N. and M. Williams, Cinderella Stamps, London, Heinemann, 1970

External links

• Cinderella on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Cinderella (disambiguation)
• Cinderella at OneLook Dictionary Search