Sleeping Beauty

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

1. A fairy tale originally titled La Belle au bois dormant by Charles Perrault.
2. The main character in this story, who is in unbroken slumber under a magical spell, awaiting the kiss of a prince.
3. (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

• Prince Charming
• Sleeping Beauty syndrome

Further reading

• Sleeping Beauty on Wikipedia.Wikipedia