Dracula
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See also: Drácula
Translingual[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Medieval Latin or later, draco (“serpent, dragon”) -ula (“diminutive”)
Proper noun[edit]
Dracula f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Orchidaceae – certain orchids.
Hypernyms[edit]
- (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Plantae - kingdom; Viridiplantae - subkingdom; Streptophyta - infrakingdom; Embryophyta - superphylum; Tracheophyta - phylum; Spermatophytina - subphylum; angiosperms, monocots - clades; Asparagales - order; Orchidaceae - family
Hyponyms[edit]
- (genus): Dracula chimaera - type species; Dracula subg. Dracula, Dracula subg. Sodiroa, Dracula subg. Xenosia (subgenera)
- For a list of the numerous species, see
Dracula on WikipediaWikipedia or
Dracula on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- For a list of the numerous species, see
References[edit]
Dracula (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Dracula on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Dracula on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Dracula at Encyclopedia of Life
- Dracula at National Center for Biotechnology Information
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From the name Vlad III Dracula (also known as Vlad Țepeș), from the name of his father Vlad II Dracul, who was given the name Dracul by the Order of the Dragon. Dracul comes from the Romanian drac (“dragon, devil”), itself deriving from the Latin draco (“dragon”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Dracula
- The fictional vampire in the novel of the same name by Bram Stoker.
- A former prince of Wallachia.
Synonyms[edit]
(vampire):
Translations[edit]
fictional vampire
former prince of Wallachia
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- Translingual terms derived from Medieval Latin
- Translingual proper nouns
- Translingual lemmas
- mul:Taxonomic names (genus)
- English terms borrowed from Romanian
- English terms derived from Romanian
- English terms derived from Latin
- English 3-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- en:Dracula
- en:Artistic works
- en:Fictional characters
- en:Individuals