Tom Thumb

Tom Thumb

English

Tom Thumb stealing the ogre's seven-league boots

Proper noun

Tom Thumb

1. A fairy-tale character who is the size of a person's thumb and is the protagonist and hero of the fairy tale The History of Tom Thumb.

Derived terms

• Tom Thumb golf

Related terms

• hop-o'-my-thumb
• Thumbelina

Translations

the thumb-sized hero of a fairy tale

Arabic: عُقْلَة الإِصْبَعِ‎ m (ʿuqla(t) al-ʾiṣbaʿi) Aragonese: Pulgaret m Basque: please add this translation if you can Belarusian: Traditional: Хло́пчык як па́льчык m (Xlópčyk jak pálʹčyk), Мало́е Пальчанё́ n (Malóje Palʹčanjó) Breton: Meudig (br) m Bulgarian: Малечко Палечко n (Malečko Palečko) Catalan: Polzet m Czech: Tom palec m Dutch: Klein Duimpje n Erzya: Пелькине (Pelʹkine) Esperanto: Dikfingrulo Finnish: Peukaloinen French: Tom Pouce m, Petit Poucet m Galician: Polgariño m German: Däumling (de) m

Greek: Κοντορεβιθούλης m (Kontorevithoúlis) Hungarian: Hüvelyk Matyi (hu), Babszem Jankó Italian: Pollicino m Japanese: 親指トム (おやゆびトム, oyayubi Tomu) Kazakh: Шынашақ (Şınaşaq) Persian: تام انگشتی‎ (Tâm Angošti), تام بندانگشتی‎ (Tâm Bandangošti) Polish: Tomcio Paluch m, Paluszek m Portuguese: (Portugal) Polegarzinho m, (Brazil) Pequeno Polegar m Romanian: Tom Degețel m Russian: Ма́льчик-с-па́льчик (ru) m (Málʹčik-s-pálʹčik) Spanish: Pulgarcito m Swedish: Tummeliten c Turkish: erkenek, erkecel, erkecey, ernek (tr), irkenek, irkeyel Welsh: Bawd Bach m West Frisian: Tomke m