Sleeping Beauty

English

Etymology

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

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
• Basque: Loti ederra
• Catalan: La Bella Dorment f
• Chinese:

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

• Czech: Šípková Růženka f
• Danish: Tornerose
• Dutch: De Schone Slaapster, Doornroosje
• Esperanto: La Dormanta Belulino
• Finnish: Prinsessa Ruusunen
• French: La Belle au bois dormant
• German: Dornröschen (de)
• Greek: Ωραία Κοιμωμένη (el) f (Oraía Koimoméni)
• Hungarian: Csipkerózsika
• Icelandic: Þyrnirós (is) f

• Indonesian: Putri Tidur
• Italian: La Bella addormentata
• Japanese: 眠れる森の美女 (Nemureru Mori no Bijo)
• Macedonian: Заспаната убавица f (Zaspánata ubávica), Трнорушка f (Trnóruška)
• Malay: Puteri Beradu
• Maltese: Is-Sbejħa Rieqda
• 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: Uspavana lepotica f
• Spanish: La Bella Durmiente
• Swedish: Törnrosa
• Turkish: Uyuyan Güzel (tr)

main character in this story

• Catalan: Bella Dorment f
• Chinese:

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

• Danish: Tornerose
• Dutch: Doornroosje
• Esperanto: Dormanta Belulino
• 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 (Nemureru Bijo), 眠り姫 (Nemurihime)
• Macedonian: Заспаната убавица f (Zaspánata ubávica), Трнорушка f (Trnóruška)
• 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: Uspavana lepotica f
• Swedish: Törnrosa
• Turkish: Uyuyan Güzel (tr)

See also

• Prince Charming
• Sleeping Beauty syndrome

Further reading

• Sleeping Beauty on Wikipedia.Wikipedia