Sleeping Beauty

English

Etymology

In the genetics sense, so called because the transposon was brought back to activity from a long evolutionary sleep.

Proper noun

Sleeping Beauty

A fairy tale originally titled La Belle au bois dormant by Charles Perrault.
The main character in this story, who is in unbroken slumber under a magical spell, awaiting the kiss of a prince.
(genetics) A transposon used in genetic engineering

Translations

fairy tale

Albanian: Bukuroshja e Fjetur
Armenian: Քնած գեղեցկուհին (Kʿnac gełecʿkuhin)
Basque: Loti ederra
Catalan: La Bella Dorment f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 睡公主 (Shuìgōngzhǔ), 睡美人 (zh)
Czech: Šípková Růženka (cs) f
Danish: Tornerose
Dutch: De Schone Slaapster, Doornroosje
Esperanto: La Dormanta Belulino
Finnish: Prinsessa Ruusunen
French: La Belle au bois dormant f
German: Dornröschen (de)
Greek: Ωραία Κοιμωμένη (el) f (Oraía Koimoméni)
Hungarian: Csipkerózsika
Icelandic: Þyrnirós (is) f
Indonesian: Putri Tidur

Italian: La Bella addormentata
Japanese: 眠れる森の美女 (Nemureru Mori no Bijo)
Kazakh: Ұйқыдағы сұлу (Uyqıdağı sulw), Ұйқыдағы ару (Uyqıdağı arw)
Macedonian: Заспаната убавица f (Zaspánata ubávica), Трнорушка f (Trnóruška)
Malay: Puteri Beradu
Maltese: Is-Sbejħa Rieqda
Mongolian: Нойрсож буй гүнж (Nojrsož buj günž)
Norwegian: Tornerose (no)
Polish: Śpiąca Królewna f
Portuguese: A Bela Adormecida
Romanian: Frumoasa adormită f, Frumoasa din pădure adormită f
Russian: Спя́щая Краса́вица (ru) f (Spjáščaja Krasávica)
Serbo-Croatian: Uspavana lepotica f
Spanish: La Bella Durmiente
Swedish: Törnrosa
Turkish: Uyuyan Güzel (tr)
Uyghur: ئۇيقۇدىكى ساھىبجامال‎ (uyqudiki sahibjamal)

main character in this story

Armenian: Քնած գեղեցկուհի (Kʿnac gełecʿkuhi)
Catalan: Bella Dorment f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 睡公主 (Shuìgōngzhǔ), 睡美人 (zh) (Shuìměirén)
Danish: Tornerose
Dutch: Doornroosje
Esperanto: Dormanta Belulino
Finnish: Prinsessa Ruusunen
French: Belle au bois dormant (fr) f
German: Dornröschen (de)
Greek: Ωραία Κοιμωμένη (el) f (Oraía Koimoméni)
Hungarian: Csipkerózsika

Icelandic: Þyrnirós (is) f
Japanese: 眠れる美女 (Nemureru Bijo), 眠り姫 (Nemurihime)
Macedonian: Заспаната убавица f (Zaspánata ubávica), Трнорушка f (Trnóruška)
Malay: Puteri Beradu
Manx: Caillin y Saveen Liauyr
Norwegian: Tornerose (no)
Portuguese: Bela Adormecida f
Romanian: Frumoasa adormită f
Russian: Спя́щая Краса́вица (ru) f (Spjáščaja Krasávica)
Serbo-Croatian: Uspavana lepotica f
Swedish: Törnrosa
Turkish: Uyuyan Güzel (tr)

See also

Further reading

Sleeping Beauty on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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