Cinderella

See also: cinderella

English

Cinderella

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌsɪndəˈɹɛlə/

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 club
• Cinderella complex

• Cinderella dance
• Cinderella effect
• Cinderella State
• Cinderella story

Translations

fairy tale

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

  Cantonese: 灰姑娘 (fui¹ gu¹ noeng⁴)

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

  Min Nan: 灰姑娘 (Hoe-ko͘-niû / He-ko͘-niû)

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

• Japanese: シンデレラ (Shinderera), 灰かぶり姫 (はいかぶりひめ, Hai-kaburi-hime), 灰だらけ姫 (はいだらけひめ, Hai-darake-hime), 灰まみれ (はいまみれ, Hai-mamire)
• Korean: 신데렐라 (Sinderella)
• Macedonian: Пепелашка f (Pepelaška)
• Maltese: Sindirella f
• Marathi: सिंडरेला f (siṇḍrelā)
• Mongolian: Үнсгэлжин (Ünsgelžin)
• Norwegian: Askepott (no)
• Persian: سیندرلا‎ (sinderelâ)
• 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 (sv)
• Thai: ซินเดอเรลล่า (sin-dəə-rel-lâa)
• Turkish: Külkedisi
• Ukrainian: Зо́лушка f (Zóluška), Попелю́шка f (Popeljúška)
• Urdu: سنڈریلا‎ f (siṇḍrēlā)
• Uyghur: كۈلقىز‎ (külqiz)
• 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)
• Azerbaijani: Zoluşka
• Belarusian: Папялу́шка (Papjalúška)
• Bengali: সিন্ড্যারেল্যা (sinḍjarelja)
• Bulgarian: Пепе́ляшка f (Pepéljaška)
• Catalan: Ventafocs (ca) f
• Chinese:

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

• 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, Cincenta f
• Georgian: კონკია (ḳonḳia)
• German: Aschenbrödel (de) n, Aschenputtel (de) n
• Greek: Σταχτοπούτα (el) f (Stachtopoúta)
• Hebrew: סינדרלה‎ f (sinderela), לכלוכית‎ f (likhlukhit)
• Hindi: सिंडिरेल्ला f (siṇḍirellā)
• 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 (Sinderella)
• Latin: Cinerella
• Latvian: Pelnrušķīte
• Lithuanian: Pelenė
• Low Saxon: Aschenpüeling
• Macedonian: Пепелашка f (Pepelaška)
• Maltese: Sindirella f
• Marathi: सिंडरेला f (siṇḍrelā)
• Mongolian: Үнсгэлжин (Ünsgelžin)
• Norwegian: Askepott (no)
• Persian: سیندرلا‎ (sinderelâ)
• Polish: Kopciuszek (pl)
• Portuguese: Cinderela f
• Romanian: Cenușăreasa (ro) f
• Russian: Зо́лушка (ru) f (Zóluška)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Пепељуга f

  Roman: Pepeljuga f

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

Noun

Cinderella (plural Cinderellas)

1. (by analogy) A mistreated and impoverished girl.
2. (attributive) Something rising unexpectedly from obscurity to success, as a Cinderella team.
3. (attributive) Something 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, derogatory) 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 on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Cinderella portal on Wikisource.Wikisource:Portal:Cinderella
• Cinderella at OneLook Dictionary Search