English
Etymology
From thumb, as a calque of Danish Tommelise, the original name created by Hans Christian Andersen.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Thumbelina
- A fairy tale about a thumb-sized girl.
- The main character in this story.
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)
- Hungarian: Hüvelyk Panna, Pöttöm Panna
- 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)
- Macedonian: Палчица f (Palčica)
- 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
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Noun
Thumbelina (plural Thumbelinas)
- A variety of small, roundish carrot that does not need to be peeled.