Thumbelina

English

Etymology

From thumb, as a calque of Danish Tommelise, the original name created by Hans Christian Andersen.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌθʌmbəˈliːnə/
• Rhymes: -iːnə

Proper noun

Thumbelina

1. A fairy tale about a thumb-sized girl.
2. The main character in this story.

Related terms

• hop-o'-my-thumb
• Tom Thumb

Translations

a thumb-sized girl, the main character of a fairy tale

• Arabic: ثُومْبِلِينَا f (ṯūmbilīnā)
• Armenian: Մատնաչափիկը (Matnačʻapʻikə)
• Azerbaijani: Düyməcik
• Basque: please add this translation if you can
• Belarusian:

  Traditional: Пярсьця́начка f (Pjarsʹcjánačka), Цалёвачка f (Caljóvačka)

• Bengali: থাম্বেলিনা (thambelina)
• Bulgarian: Палечка f (Palečka)
• Catalan: Patufeta f, Polzeta f, Ditona f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 拇指姑娘 (Mǔzhǐ gūniang), 小不點／小不点 (zh) (Xiǎobùdiǎn), 花蕊姑娘 (Huāruǐ gūniang), 拇指公主 (Mǔzhǐ gōngzhǔ)

• Chuvash: Пӳрнепи (Pürnep̬i)
• Danish: Tommelise c
• Dutch: Duimelijntje n
• Esperanto: Fingrulino
• Estonian: Pöial-Liisi (et)
• Finnish: Peukalo-Liisa
• French: Poucette f, Petite Poucette f
• Georgian: ცეროდენა (cerodena)
• German: Däumelinchen (de) n, Däumelieschen
• Greek: Τοσοδούλα (el) f (Tosodoúla)
• Hebrew: אֶצְבַּעוֹנִית f (Etzba'onít)
• Icelandic: Þumalína f
• Italian: Mignolina f, Pollicina f
• Japanese: 親指姫 (おやゆびひめ, Oyayubi-hime)
• Kazakh: Түймеқыз (Tüimeqyz)
• Korean: 엄지공주 (Eomjigongju), 엄지 공주 (Eomji gongju)
• Mongolian: Ямх охин (Jamx oxin)
• Norwegian: Tommelise f
• Polish: Calineczka f, Calinka f, Calóweczka f, Paluszka f, Odrobinka f, Dziecię elfów n
• Portuguese: Polegarzinha f
• Romanian: Degețica f
• Russian: Дюймо́вочка (ru) f (Djujmóvočka)
• Spanish: Pulgarcita f, Almendrita f
• Swedish: Tummelisa c
• Turkish: Parmak Kız
• Ukrainian: Дюймо́вочка f (Djujmóvočka), Палюше́нка f (Paljušénka), Мизи́ночка f (Myzýnočka)
• West Frisian: Tommelyske f