"Thumbelina" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /ˌθʌmbəˈliːnə/ [Received-Pronunciation]
Rhymes: -iːnə Etymology: From thumb, as a calque of Danish Tommelise, the original name created by Hans Christian Andersen. Etymology templates: {{calque|en|da|Tommelise|nocap=1}} calque of Danish Tommelise Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Thumbelina
  1. A fairy tale about a thumb-sized girl. Categories (topical): Fairy tale characters, Fairy tales
    Sense id: en-Thumbelina-en-name-8iMgOZYC Disambiguation of Fairy tale characters: 69 31 Disambiguation of Fairy tales: 68 32
  2. The main character in this story. Categories (topical): Fictional characters
    Sense id: en-Thumbelina-en-name-hZl-QnVG Disambiguation of Fictional characters: 33 67 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Azerbaijani translations, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Bengali translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Chuvash translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Estonian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Kazakh translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Mongolian translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with West Frisian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 68 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 32 68 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 37 63 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 29 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Azerbaijani translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Belarusian translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Bengali translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Chuvash translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Estonian translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 33 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Kazakh translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Mongolian translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with West Frisian translations: 28 72
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: hop-o'-my-thumb, Tom Thumb Translations (a thumb-sized girl, the main character of a fairy tale): ثُومْبِلِينَا (ṯūmbilīnā) [feminine] (Arabic), Մատնաչափիկը (Matnačʻapʻikə) (Armenian), Düyməcik (Azerbaijani), Пярсьця́начка (Pjarsʹcjánačka) [Traditional, feminine] (Belarusian), Цалёвачка (Caljóvačka) [Traditional, feminine] (Belarusian), থাম্বেলিনা (thambelina) (Bengali), Палечка (Palečka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), Patufeta [feminine] (Catalan), Polzeta [feminine] (Catalan), Ditona [feminine] (Catalan), 拇指姑娘 (Mǔzhǐ gūniang) (Chinese Mandarin), 小不點 (Chinese Mandarin), 小不点 (Xiǎobùdiǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), 花蕊姑娘 (Huāruǐ gūniang) (Chinese Mandarin), 拇指公主 (Mǔzhǐ gōngzhǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), Пӳрнепи (Pürnep̬i) (Chuvash), Tommelise [common-gender] (Danish), Duimelijntje [neuter] (Dutch), Fingrulino (Esperanto), Pöial-Liisi (Estonian), Peukalo-Liisa (Finnish), Poucette [feminine] (French), Petite Poucette [feminine] (French), ცეროდენა (cerodena) (Georgian), Däumelinchen [neuter] (German), Däumelieschen (German), Τοσοδούλα (Tosodoúla) [feminine] (Greek), אֶצְבַּעוֹנִית (Etzba'onít) [feminine] (Hebrew), Hüvelyk Panna (Hungarian), Pöttöm Panna (Hungarian), Þumalína [feminine] (Icelandic), Mignolina [feminine] (Italian), Pollicina [feminine] (Italian), 親指姫 (Oyayubi-hime) (alt: おやゆびひめ) (Japanese), Түймеқыз (Tüimeqyz) (Kazakh), 엄지공주 (Eomjigongju) (Korean), 엄지 공주 (Eomji gongju) (Korean), Палчица (Palčica) [feminine] (Macedonian), Ямх охин (Jamx oxin) (Mongolian), Tommelise [feminine] (Norwegian), Calineczka [feminine] (Polish), Calinka [feminine] (Polish), Calóweczka [feminine] (Polish), Paluszka [feminine] (Polish), Odrobinka [feminine] (Polish), Dziecię elfów [neuter] (Polish), Polegarzinha [feminine] (Portuguese), Degețica [feminine] (Romanian), Дюймо́вочка (Djujmóvočka) [feminine] (Russian), Pulgarcita [feminine] (Spanish), Almendrita [feminine] (Spanish), Tummelisa [common-gender] (Swedish), Parmak Kız (Turkish), Дюймо́вочка (Djujmóvočka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), Палюше́нка (Paljušénka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), Мизи́ночка (Myzýnočka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), Tommelyske [feminine] (West Frisian)
Disambiguation of 'a thumb-sized girl, the main character of a fairy tale': 52 48
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  ],
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      "sense": "a thumb-sized girl, the main character of a fairy tale",
      "word": "থাম্বেলিনা"
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      "roman": "Palečka",
      "sense": "a thumb-sized girl, the main character of a fairy tale",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "a thumb-sized girl, the main character of a fairy tale",
      "tags": [
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      "roman": "Mǔzhǐ gūniang",
      "sense": "a thumb-sized girl, the main character of a fairy tale",
      "word": "拇指姑娘"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "word": "小不點"
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      "roman": "Xiǎobùdiǎn",
      "sense": "a thumb-sized girl, the main character of a fairy tale",
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      "word": "花蕊姑娘"
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      "word": "拇指公主"
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      "sense": "a thumb-sized girl, the main character of a fairy tale",
      "word": "ცეროდენა"
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      "sense": "a thumb-sized girl, the main character of a fairy tale",
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      "sense": "a thumb-sized girl, the main character of a fairy tale",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Τοσοδούλα"
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      "code": "he",
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      "sense": "a thumb-sized girl, the main character of a fairy tale",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "a thumb-sized girl, the main character of a fairy tale",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "a thumb-sized girl, the main character of a fairy tale",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "Pollicina"
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      "alt": "おやゆびひめ",
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      "roman": "Oyayubi-hime",
      "sense": "a thumb-sized girl, the main character of a fairy tale",
      "word": "親指姫"
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      "code": "kk",
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      "roman": "Tüimeqyz",
      "sense": "a thumb-sized girl, the main character of a fairy tale",
      "word": "Түймеқыз"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
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      "roman": "Eomjigongju",
      "sense": "a thumb-sized girl, the main character of a fairy tale",
      "word": "엄지공주"
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      "code": "ko",
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      "sense": "a thumb-sized girl, the main character of a fairy tale",
      "word": "엄지 공주"
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      "code": "mk",
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      "sense": "a thumb-sized girl, the main character of a fairy tale",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Палчица"
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      "code": "mn",
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      "roman": "Jamx oxin",
      "sense": "a thumb-sized girl, the main character of a fairy tale",
      "word": "Ямх охин"
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      "code": "no",
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      "sense": "a thumb-sized girl, the main character of a fairy tale",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Tommelise"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "a thumb-sized girl, the main character of a fairy tale",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Calineczka"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "a thumb-sized girl, the main character of a fairy tale",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "a thumb-sized girl, the main character of a fairy tale",
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      "sense": "a thumb-sized girl, the main character of a fairy tale",
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      "sense": "a thumb-sized girl, the main character of a fairy tale",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Polegarzinha"
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      "code": "ro",
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      "sense": "a thumb-sized girl, the main character of a fairy tale",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "Degețica"
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      "sense": "a thumb-sized girl, the main character of a fairy tale",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Дюймо́вочка"
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      "sense": "a thumb-sized girl, the main character of a fairy tale",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Pulgarcita"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a thumb-sized girl, the main character of a fairy tale",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Almendrita"
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "a thumb-sized girl, the main character of a fairy tale",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Tummelisa"
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      "sense": "a thumb-sized girl, the main character of a fairy tale",
      "word": "Parmak Kız"
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      "roman": "Djujmóvočka",
      "sense": "a thumb-sized girl, the main character of a fairy tale",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Дюймо́вочка"
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    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "Paljušénka",
      "sense": "a thumb-sized girl, the main character of a fairy tale",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Палюше́нка"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "Myzýnočka",
      "sense": "a thumb-sized girl, the main character of a fairy tale",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Мизи́ночка"
    },
    {
      "code": "fy",
      "lang": "West Frisian",
      "sense": "a thumb-sized girl, the main character of a fairy tale",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Tommelyske"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Hans Christian Andersen",
    "Thumbelina"
  ],
  "word": "Thumbelina"
}

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