Rapunzel

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English

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A cosplay of Rapunzel.

Etymology

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Borrowed from German Rapunzel, the name of several varieties of lettuce.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɹəˈpʌnzəl/
  • Audio (US):(file)

Proper noun

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Rapunzel (plural Rapunzels)

  1. A German fairy tale about a girl imprisoned in a tower who lets down her long hair for a rescuer to climb.
  2. The fictional girl who is the protagonist and title character of the fairy tale.
    • 1966, Hal Porter, The Paper Chase, Angus and Robertson, page 90:
      [] as they loll in pairs or trios, looking down from the windows like Rapunzels and carpet-knights, while they eat bruised apricots, tomorrow is always on their lips as honey to come.
    • 2011, Carole Nelson Douglas, Cat in a Vegas Gold Vendetta, Forge, →ISBN, page 172:
      I spot Sleeping Beauty in a thorn forest. Two of them, only they are more like Rapunzels who’ve fallen from their tower.
    • 2020, Lauri Robinson, The Flapper’s Baby Scandal, Harlequin, →ISBN:
      He keeps all three of us locked up like Rapunzels.

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Further reading

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German

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Probably borrowed from 16th century Italian raponzolo, dialectal diminutive of Italian rapa (turnip), from Latin rāpa, from the neuter plural of rāpum.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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Rapunzel f (genitive Rapunzel, plural Rapunzeln)

  1. lamb's lettuce (Valerianella locusta)
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:Feldsalat
  2. rampion (Campanula rapunculus)
    Synonym: Rapunzel-Glockenblume
  3. spiked rampion (Phyteuma spicatum)
    Synonyms: Ährige Teufelskralle, Weiße Teufelskralle

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • French: raiponce
  • Polish: roszpunka

Proper noun

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Rapunzel f (genitive Rapunzels or Rapunzel)

  1. Rapunzel, the long-haired protagonist of an eponymous fairy tale

Descendants

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Further reading

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  • Rapunzel” in Duden online
  • Rapunzel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Portuguese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from German Rapunzel.

Pronunciation

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  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ʁɐ.pũˈzɛl/ [ʁɐ.pũˈzɛɫ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ʁɐ.pũˈzɛ.li/

Proper noun

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Rapunzel f

  1. (European folklore) Rapunzel