"Frankenstein's monster" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [English]

Etymology: In Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein, Dr. Frankenstein assembled a monster from human corpses; it eventually escaped his control. Head templates: {{en-proper-noun}} Frankenstein's monster
  1. Frankenstein's monster, the creature from Mary Shelley's 1818 novel
    Sense id: en-Frankenstein's_monster-en-name-eHsjb-Dr Categories (other): Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with Kazakh translations Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 40 35 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Kazakh translations: 40 38 21

Noun [English]

Forms: Frankenstein's monsters [plural]
Etymology: In Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein, Dr. Frankenstein assembled a monster from human corpses; it eventually escaped his control. Head templates: {{en-noun}} Frankenstein's monster (plural Frankenstein's monsters)
  1. A thing that is cobbled together from parts of other things. Translations (Translations): monstre de Frankenstein [masculine] (French), ფრანკენშტაინის ურჩხული (pranḳenšṭainis určxuli) (Georgian), Frankensteins Monster [neuter] (German), フランケンシュタインの怪物 (Furenkenshutain no kaibutsu) (Japanese), Франкенштейн құбыжығы (Frankenştein qūbyjyğy) (Kazakh), Чудовище Франкенштейна (Čudovišče Frankenštejna) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-Frankenstein's_monster-en-noun-3am8fGiD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Kazakh translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 57 24 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 8 65 27 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 17 58 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 65 23 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 10 63 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 40 35 25 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 12 64 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 10 66 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Kazakh translations: 40 38 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 10 66 24 Disambiguation of 'Translations': 72 28
  2. A creation that overpowers or slips out of the control of its creator, often proceeding to turn on its creator or harm others.
    Sense id: en-Frankenstein's_monster-en-noun-aFQ4OwDZ Categories (other): Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with Kazakh translations Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 40 35 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Kazakh translations: 40 38 21
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Frankenstein, frankenstein, Frankensteinian monster, frankensteinian monster, frankenstein monster, Frankenstein monster

Inflected forms

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