English
Etymology
Calque of Russian Дед Моро́з (Ded Moróz), literally "Grandfather Frost".
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Father Frost
- In Slavic culture, a traditional Yuletide gift-bearing character.
Synonyms
Translations
Slavic equivalent to Santa Claus
- Armenian: Ձմեռ պապ (Jmeṙ pap)
- Azerbaijani: Şaxta Baba
- Bashkir: Ҡыш бабай (Qış babay)
- Belarusian: Дзед Мароз m (Dzjed Maróz)
- Bulgarian: Дядо Мраз m (Djado Mraz)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 嚴寒老人 / 严寒老人 (Yánhán Lǎorén)
- Czech: Děda Mráz (cs) m
- Danish: Fader Frost
- Erzya: Якшаматя (Jakšamaťa)
- Esperanto: Avo Frosto (eo)
- Finnish: pakkasukko (fi)
- German: Väterchen Frost n
- Japanese: ジェド・マロース (Jedo Marōzu)
- Kalmyk: киитн аав (kiitn aav)
- Karelian: Pakkaisukko n
- Macedonian: Дедо Мраз m (Dedo Mraz)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: Fader Frost
- Polish: Dziadek Mróz (pl) m
- Romanian: Moș Gerilă m
- Russian: Де́д Моро́з (ru) m (Déd Moróz)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: Деда мраз m (Serbia), Дјед Мраз m (Croatia, Bosnia)
- Roman: Deda Mraz m (Serbia), Djed Mraz m (Croatia, Bosnia)
- Shor: Сооқ Апшый
- Slovak: Dedo Mráz m
- Slovene: Dedek Mraz m
- Tatar: Кыш бабай (Qış babay)
- Ukrainian: Дід Моро́з m (Did Moróz)
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