Prince Charming

English

Etymology

Approximate translation of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French Roi Charmant (“King Charming”).

Noun

Prince Charming (plural Prince Charmings or Princes Charming)

1. A fictional heroic prince in various fairy-tales.
2. (by extension) A heterosexual woman's prototypical ideal romantic partner, especially but not necessarily if he embodies common characteristics of the fictional princes, such as being courageous or chivalrous.

   She's still unmarried because she is waiting for her Prince Charming... and he may not exist.

See also

• Mister Right

Translations

the fictional character

• Basque: printze xarmant
• Catalan: príncep encantador m, príncep blau m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 白馬王子／白马王子 (zh) (báimǎ wángzǐ), 白马王子 (zh) (báimǎ wángzi)

• Danish: prins på den hvide hest
• Dutch: prins op het witte paard m
• Esperanto: ĉarma princo
• Finnish: unelmien prinssi, satuprinssi
• French: prince charmant (fr) m
• Greek: πριγκιπόπουλο (el) n (prigkipópoulo), πρίγκιπας του παραμυθιού m (prígkipas tou paramythioú)
• Hungarian: szőke herceg
• Japanese: 王子様 (ōji-sama)
• Korean: 백마 탄 왕자 (baegma tan wangja)
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• Latvian: sapņu princis m
• Lithuanian: svajonių princas m
• Norwegian: drømmeprins
• Portuguese: príncipe encantado m
• Romanian: Făt-Frumos (ro) m
• Romansch: prinzi da paraula m
• Russian: прекра́сный принц m (prekrásnyj princ)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: принц на белом коњу m

  Roman: princ na belom konju m

• Spanish: príncipe azul m
• Swedish: drömprins
• Turkish: yakışıklı prens

romantically ideal man

• Catalan: príncep encantador m, príncep blau m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 如意郎君 (jyu⁴ ji³ long⁴ gwan¹), 白馬王子／白马王子 (baak⁶ maa⁵ wong⁴ zi²), 白马王子 (baak⁶ maa⁵ wong⁴ zi²)

  Mandarin: 白馬王子／白马王子 (zh) (báimǎ wángzǐ), 白马王子 (zh) (báimǎ wángzi), 如意郎君 (zh) (rú yì láng jūn)

• Danish: prinsen på den hvide hest c, drømmeprins c
• Dutch: prins op het witte paard m, droomprins (nl) m
• Finnish: unelmien prinssi
• French: prince charmant (fr) m
• German: Märchenprinz m
• Greek: πριγκιπόπουλο (el) n (prigkipópoulo), πρίγκιπας του παραμυθιού m (prígkipas tou paramythioú)
• Italian: principe azzurro m, principe azzurro sul cavallo bianco m
• Japanese: 王子様 (ōji-sama)
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• Norwegian: eventyrprinsen m
• Polish: książę z bajki (pl) m
• Portuguese: príncipe encantado m
• Romanian: Făt-Frumos (ro) m
• Russian: прекра́сный принц m (prekrásnyj princ), ска́зочный принц m (skázočnyj princ)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: принц на белом коњу m

  Roman: princ na belom konju m

• Spanish: príncipe azul m
• Swedish: drömprins c, prins charmig
• Turkish: yakışıklı prens
• Vietnamese: bạch mã hoàng tử