"Zelda" meaning in English

See Zelda in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ˈzɛldə/ Forms: Zeldas [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛldə Etymology: Shortened from Griselda. Head templates: {{en-proper noun|s}} Zelda (plural Zeldas)
  1. A female given name from the Germanic languages.
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Proper name

IPA: /ˈzɛldə/ Forms: Zelda [canonical], Zeldas [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛldə Etymology: Shortened from Griselda. Head templates: {{en-proper noun|s|head=Zelda,Zelda}} Zelda or Zelda (plural Zeldas)
  1. (video games) Ellipsis of Legend of Zelda. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Alternative form of: Legend of Zelda Derived forms: Zeldaesque, Zelda-like Related terms: Hyrule Translations (female given name): زِيلْدَا (zīldā) (Arabic), Зелда (Zjelda) (Belarusian), 塞尔达 (Sài'ěrdá) [simplified] (Chinese Mandarin), 萨尔达 (Sà'ěrdá) [simplified] (Chinese Mandarin), 塞爾達 /塞尔达 (Sài'ěrdá) [traditional] (Chinese Mandarin), 薩爾達 /萨尔达 (Sà'ěrdá) [traditional] (Chinese Mandarin), Zelda (Finnish), Zelda (French), Ⴆელდა (alt: Ⴆelda) (Georgian), Zelda [feminine] (German), Ζέλντα (Zélnta) (Greek), זֶלְדָּה (Hebrew), ज़ेल्डा (zelḍā) (Hindi), ゼルダ (Zeruda) (Japanese), ಜ಼್ಎಲ್ದ (zelda) (Kannada), ಜ಼ೇಲ್ದ (zēlda) (Kannada), 젤다 (Jelda) (Korean), Зелда (Zelda) (Macedonian), जेल्डा (jelḍā) [feminine] (Marathi), Zelda (Norwegian), زلدا (Persian), Zelda [feminine] (Portuguese), Зельда (Zelʹda) (Russian), Зельде (Zelʹde) (Russian), Зелда [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), Zelda [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), Zelda (Spanish), செல்டா (celṭā) (Tamil), జెల్డ (jelḍa) (Telugu), เซลด้า (Seld̂ā) (Thai), เซลดา (Seldā) (Thai), Зелда (Zelda) (Ukrainian), זעלדאַ (zelda) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-Zelda-en-name-VBkFJ5k9 Categories (other): Video games, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms containing italics, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Belarusian 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 Hindi translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Kannada translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Marathi translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Tamil translations, Terms with Telugu translations, Terms with Thai translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Yiddish translations, Nintendo Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 71 Disambiguation of English terms containing italics: 52 48 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 34 66 Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 31 69 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 37 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Belarusian translations: 34 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 34 66 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 30 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 46 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 34 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Hindi translations: 40 60 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Kannada translations: 30 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 37 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 29 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 34 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Marathi translations: 33 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 34 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 33 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 33 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 33 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Tamil translations: 33 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Telugu translations: 35 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Thai translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 37 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Yiddish translations: 35 65 Disambiguation of Nintendo: 24 76 Topics: video-games

Inflected forms

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          "word": "Zeldaesque"
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          "ref": "2003, Ken Ayers, letter to the editor, Play, July 2003, page 8",
          "text": "The Wind Waker is the best Zelda I’ve played since Link to the Past on the Super Nintendo."
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          "ref": "2008, Luke Cuddy, editor, The Legend of Zelda and Philosophy: I Link Therefore I Am, Open Court Publishing Company, →ISBN:",
          "text": "The blurring of distinctions between theory and evidence, between agent and tool, and between individual and group knowledge are seen in fan discussions about Zelda like they are in the practices of science.",
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          "ref": "2017, Tim Wilkus, in \"Big & little Reviews: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild\", Little Player: Video Game Magazine for Kids, May/June 2017, page 25",
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          "ref": "2018, The Legend of Zelda: Encyclopedia, Dark Horse Books, →ISBN:",
          "text": "When developing Zelda games, director Hidemaro Fujibayashi thinks about the main hook of the game play before digging deeper into how it will out in combat or puzzles.",
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          "ref": "2020, Gabe Durham, The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask, unnumbered page:",
          "text": "For better or worse, Ocarina was the perfect fan service for kids and adults who'd spent years closing their eyes and imagining how cool a 3D Zelda was going to be.",
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          "ref": "2021, Tim Summers, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time: A Game Music Companion, Intellect, →ISBN:",
          "text": "The small motifs that [Jason] Brame identifies are used in the Hyrule Field to provide a sonic connection to earlier Zelda games but primarily avoid direct quotation.",
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          "code": "ar",
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          "roman": "zīldā",
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          "code": "th",
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    "Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Tamil translations",
    "Terms with Telugu translations",
    "Terms with Thai translations",
    "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
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    "en:Nintendo"
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  "etymology_text": "Shortened from Griselda.",
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      "form": "Zeldas",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
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      "categories": [
        "English female given names",
        "English female given names from Germanic languages",
        "English given names"
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        "A female given name from the Germanic languages."
      ],
      "links": [
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          "given name",
          "given name"
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈzɛldə/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛldə"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Zelda"
}

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    "Terms with Arabic translations",
    "Terms with Belarusian 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 Hindi translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Kannada translations",
    "Terms with Korean translations",
    "Terms with Macedonian translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Marathi translations",
    "Terms with Norwegian translations",
    "Terms with Persian translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Tamil translations",
    "Terms with Telugu translations",
    "Terms with Thai translations",
    "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
    "Terms with Yiddish translations",
    "en:Nintendo"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "Zeldaesque"
    },
    {
      "word": "Zelda-like"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Shortened from Griselda.",
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    {
      "form": "Zelda",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
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    },
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      "form": "Zeldas",
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        "plural"
      ]
    }
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        "1": "s",
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    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "Hyrule"
    }
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    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "Legend of Zelda"
        }
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        "English terms with quotations",
        "en:Video games"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "2003, Ken Ayers, letter to the editor, Play, July 2003, page 8",
          "text": "The Wind Waker is the best Zelda I’ve played since Link to the Past on the Super Nintendo."
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              159,
              164
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "2008, Luke Cuddy, editor, The Legend of Zelda and Philosophy: I Link Therefore I Am, Open Court Publishing Company, →ISBN:",
          "text": "The blurring of distinctions between theory and evidence, between agent and tool, and between individual and group knowledge are seen in fan discussions about Zelda like they are in the practices of science.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2017, Tim Wilkus, in \"Big & little Reviews: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild\", Little Player: Video Game Magazine for Kids, May/June 2017, page 25",
          "text": "Unlike previous Zeldas, Breath of the Wild doesn't hold your hand."
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              16,
              21
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "2018, The Legend of Zelda: Encyclopedia, Dark Horse Books, →ISBN:",
          "text": "When developing Zelda games, director Hidemaro Fujibayashi thinks about the main hook of the game play before digging deeper into how it will out in combat or puzzles.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              142,
              147
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "2020, Gabe Durham, The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask, unnumbered page:",
          "text": "For better or worse, Ocarina was the perfect fan service for kids and adults who'd spent years closing their eyes and imagining how cool a 3D Zelda was going to be.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              117,
              122
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "2021, Tim Summers, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time: A Game Music Companion, Intellect, →ISBN:",
          "text": "The small motifs that [Jason] Brame identifies are used in the Hyrule Field to provide a sonic connection to earlier Zelda games but primarily avoid direct quotation.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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          "Legend of Zelda",
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        "(video games) Ellipsis of Legend of Zelda."
      ],
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        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "ellipsis"
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        "video-games"
      ]
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈzɛldə/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛldə"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "lang_code": "ar",
      "roman": "zīldā",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "زِيلْدَا"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "lang_code": "be",
      "roman": "Zjelda",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "Зелда"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "lang_code": "cmn",
      "roman": "Sài'ěrdá",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "simplified"
      ],
      "word": "塞尔达"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "lang_code": "cmn",
      "roman": "Sà'ěrdá",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "simplified"
      ],
      "word": "萨尔达"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "lang_code": "cmn",
      "roman": "Sài'ěrdá",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "traditional"
      ],
      "word": "塞爾達 /塞尔达"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "lang_code": "cmn",
      "roman": "Sà'ěrdá",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "traditional"
      ],
      "word": "薩爾達 /萨尔达"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "Zelda"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "Zelda"
    },
    {
      "alt": "Ⴆelda",
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "lang_code": "ka",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "Ⴆელდა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Zelda"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "lang_code": "el",
      "roman": "Zélnta",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "Ζέλντα"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "lang_code": "he",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "זֶלְדָּה"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "lang_code": "hi",
      "roman": "zelḍā",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "ज़ेल्डा"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "lang_code": "ja",
      "roman": "Zeruda",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "ゼルダ"
    },
    {
      "code": "kn",
      "lang": "Kannada",
      "lang_code": "kn",
      "roman": "zelda",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "ಜ಼್ಎಲ್ದ"
    },
    {
      "code": "kn",
      "lang": "Kannada",
      "lang_code": "kn",
      "roman": "zēlda",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "ಜ಼ೇಲ್ದ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "lang_code": "ko",
      "roman": "Jelda",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "젤다"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "lang_code": "mk",
      "roman": "Zelda",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "Зелда"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "lang_code": "mr",
      "roman": "jelḍā",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "जेल्डा"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "lang_code": "no",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "Zelda"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "lang_code": "fa",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "زلدا"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Zelda"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "Zelʹda",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "Зельда"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "Zelʹde",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "Зельде"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "lang_code": "sh",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "Зелда"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "lang_code": "sh",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "Zelda"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "Zelda"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "lang_code": "ta",
      "roman": "celṭā",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "செல்டா"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "lang_code": "te",
      "roman": "jelḍa",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "జెల్డ"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "lang_code": "th",
      "roman": "Seld̂ā",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "เซลด้า"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "lang_code": "th",
      "roman": "Seldā",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "เซลดา"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "lang_code": "uk",
      "roman": "Zelda",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "Зелда"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "lang_code": "yi",
      "roman": "zelda",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "זעלדאַ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Zelda"
}

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