Dracula

See also: Drácula

Translingual

Dracula chimaera

Etymology

Medieval Latin or later, draco (“serpent, dragon”) -ula (“diminutive”)

Proper noun

Dracula f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Orchidaceae – certain orchids.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, monocots – clades; Asparagales – order; Orchidaceae – family

Hyponyms

• (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

References

• 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

Etymology

From the name Vlad III Dracula (also known as Vlad Țepeș (“Vlad the Impaler”)), from the name of his father Vlad II Dracul, who was given the name Dracul by the Order of the Dragon. Dracul (literally “the Devil”) comes from the Romanian drac (“devil”), itself deriving from the Latin dracō (“dragon”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɹækjʊlə/, /ˈdɹækjələ/

Proper noun

Dracula

1. (fiction) The fictional vampire in the novel of the same name by Bram Stoker.

   Synonym: Count Dracula

2. A former prince of Wallachia.

Translations

fictional vampire

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 德拉庫拉／德拉库拉 (Délākùlā), 德古拉 (zh) (Dégǔlā)

• Dutch: Dracula
• Esperanto: Drakulo
• French: Dracula (fr) m
• German: Drakula m, Dracula m
• Greek: Δράκουλας m (Drákoulas)
• Hindi: ड्रैकुला m (ḍraikulā)
• Hungarian: Drakula
• Italian: Dracula
• Japanese: ドラキュラ (Dorakyura)
• Lithuanian: Drakula m
• Macedonian: Дракула m (Drakula)
• Marathi: ड्रॅक्यूला m (ḍrĕkyūlā)
• Persian: دراکولا (drâkulâ)
• Polish: Drakula m
• Portuguese: Drácula (pt) m
• Romanian: Dracula m
• Russian: Дра́кула (ru) m (Drákula)
• Spanish: Drácula (es) m
• Tagalog: Drakula

former prince of Wallachia

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 弗拉德德古拉 (fúlādédégǔlā)

• Dutch: Vlad Dracula m, Vlad de Spietser m, Vlad III m
• Polish: Wład Palownik m
• Romanian: Vlad Țepeș, Vlad Drăculea
• Russian: Влад Це́пеш m (Vlad Cépeš), Влад Дра́кула m (Vlad Drákula)

Noun

Dracula (plural Draculas)

1. (nonstandard) Any vampire.
   • 2004 November 16, Brian Mitsoda, Chad Moore, TJ Perillo, Jason D. Anderson, Leonard Boyarsky, Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines, →OCLC, spoken by Dr. Ingvar Johansen (J. Grant Albrecht):

     But he would have had to have been over 250 years old! Like a Dracula or something.

See also

• Count Dracula
• Nosferatu

Anagrams

• Alucard