Sleeping Beauty

English

Etymology

In the genetics sense, so called because the transposon was brought back to activity from a long evolutionary sleep.

The prince found the Sleeping Beauty

Proper noun

Sleeping Beauty

1. A fairy tale originally titled La Belle au bois dormant by Charles Perrault.
2. The main character in this story, who is in unbroken slumber under a magical spell, awaiting the kiss of a prince.
3. (genetics) A transposon used in genetic engineering

Translations

fairy tale

• Albanian: Bukuroshja e Fjetur
• Arabic: الْجَمِيلَة الْنَائِمَة‎ f (al-jamīla an-nāʾima)
• Armenian: Քնած գեղեցկուհին (Kʿnac gełecʿkuhin)
• Basque: Loti ederra
• Belarusian: Спя́чая Прыгажу́ня f (Spjáčaja Pryhažúnja)
• Bulgarian: Спя́щата краса́вица f (Spjáštata krasávica)
• Catalan: La Bella Dorment f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 睡公主 (Shuìgōngzhǔ), 睡美人 (zh) (Shuìměirén)

• Czech: Šípková Růženka (cs) f
• Danish: Tornerose (da)
• Dutch: De Schone Slaapster, Doornroosje
• Esperanto: La Dormanta Belulino, La dormanta belulo
• Estonian: Okasroosike
• Finnish: Prinsessa Ruusunen
• French: La Belle au bois dormant f
• German: Dornröschen (de)
• Greek: Ωραία Κοιμωμένη (el) f (Oraía Koimoméni)
• Hindi: स्लीपिंग ब्यूटी f (slīpiṅg byūṭī)
• Hungarian: Csipkerózsika
• Icelandic: Þyrnirós (is) f
• Indonesian: Putri Tidur
• Italian: La Bella addormentata

• Japanese: 眠れる森の美女 (ねむれるもりのびじょ, Nemureru Mori no Bijo)
• Kazakh: Ұйқыдағы сұлу (Uyqıdağı sulw), Ұйқыдағы ару (Uyqıdağı arw)
• Korean: 잠자는 숲속의 공주 (jamjaneun supsogui gongju), 잠자는 숲속의 미녀 (jamjaneun supsogui minyeo)
• Macedonian: Заспаната убавица f (Zaspanata ubavica), Трнорушка f (Trnoruška)
• Malay: Puteri Beradu
• Maltese: Is-Sbejħa Rieqda
• Mongolian: Нойрсож буй гүнж (Noirsoj bui günj)
• Norwegian: Tornerose (no)
• Polish: Śpiąca Królewna f
• Portuguese: A Bela Adormecida
• Romanian: Frumoasa adormită f, Frumoasa din pădure adormită f
• Russian: Спя́щая Краса́вица (ru) f (Spjáščaja Krasávica)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Успавана лепотица f

  Roman: Uspavana lepotica f

• Slovak: Šípková Ruženka f
• Slovene: Trnuljčica (sl) f
• Spanish: La Bella Durmiente
• Swedish: Törnrosa (sv)
• Thai: เจ้าหญิงนิทรา (th) (jâo-yǐng-nít-traa)
• Turkish: Uyuyan Güzel (tr)
• Ukrainian: Спля́ча Красу́ня f (Spljáča Krasúnja)
• Uyghur: ئۇيقۇدىكى ساھىبجامال‎ (uyqudiki sahibjamal)
• Uzbek: Uyqudagi malika

main character in this story

• Afrikaans: Doringrosie
• Albanian: E Përhitura
• Armenian: Քնած գեղեցկուհի (Kʿnac gełecʿkuhi)
• Bulgarian: Спя́ща краса́вица f (Spjášta krasávica)
• Catalan: Bella Dorment f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 睡公主 (Shuìgōngzhǔ), 睡美人 (zh) (Shuìměirén)

• Danish: Tornerose (da)
• Dutch: Doornroosje
• Esperanto: Dormanta Belulino, Dornorozeto
• Finnish: Prinsessa Ruusunen
• French: Belle au bois dormant (fr) f
• German: Dornröschen (de)
• Greek: Ωραία Κοιμωμένη (el) f (Oraía Koimoméni)
• Hungarian: Csipkerózsika

• Icelandic: Þyrnirós (is) f
• Japanese: 眠れる美女 (ねむれるびじょ, Nemureru Bijo), 眠り姫 (ねむりひめ, Nemurihime)
• Macedonian: Заспаната убавица f (Zaspanata ubavica), Трнорушка f (Trnoruška)
• Malay: Puteri Beradu
• Manx: Caillin y Saveen Liauyr
• Norwegian: Tornerose (no)
• Portuguese: Bela Adormecida f
• Romanian: Frumoasa adormită f
• Russian: Спя́щая Краса́вица (ru) f (Spjáščaja Krasávica)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Успавана лепотица f

  Roman: Uspavana lepotica f

• Slovak: Šípková Ruženka f
• Swedish: Törnrosa (sv)
• Thai: เจ้าหญิงนิทรา (th) (jâo-yǐng-nít-traa)
• Turkish: Uyuyan Güzel (tr)

See also

• Prince Charming
• Sleeping Beauty problem
• Sleeping Beauty syndrome

Further reading

• Sleeping Beauty on Wikipedia.Wikipedia