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Snow White en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• /snoʊ(h)waɪt/ (US)
• /snəʊ waɪt/ (UK)
• (General-American) audio

Etymology

Calque of German Schneewittchen (literally “white as snow”).

Meanings

1. A fairy tale, the best-known version of Schneewittchen collected by the Brothers Grimm, in which a beautiful young girl is targeted by a jealous queen and tended by dwarfs.
2. The main character in that story.
   • There is no shortage of little girls dressed as Sleeping Beauties, Snow Whites, Cinderellas, or even any of the princess “rebels” such as Ariel (who gave up her voice for a man) or Belle (who endured captivity as a pathway to love). 2021, Gloria J. Romero, Just Not That Likable: The Price All Women Pay for Gender Bias, Post Hill Press, →ISBN:
   • The discovery of male Cinderellas and Snow Whites in modern Turkish folklore invites further meditations and investigations. 1994, Canadian Children’s Literature, page 29:
   • Though it is often up to the Prince Charming of each novel to sweep the Austenian Snow Whites and Cinderellas off their feet, it is often up to the Snow Whites and Cinderellas to teach their respective heroes a little sense—or, in the case of Colonel Brandon and his all-but-impassioned Shakespeare reading, a little sensibility. 2008, Carol J. Adams, Douglas Buchanan, Kelly Gesch, The Bedside, Bathtub & Armchair Companion to Jane Austen, Continuum, →ISBN, page 113:
3. A fictional character in the fairy tale Snow-White and Rose-Red, from Schneeweißchen und Rosenrot collected by the Brothers Grimm.

Forms

Coordinates

Rose-Red · Coal Black · Rose Red · Coal-Black

Relateds

snow-white · white as snow · snow white

Translations (101)

sl Sneguljčica (character from Snow White (Schneewittchen)) · ca Blancaneu (character from Snow-White and Rose-Red (Schneeweißchen und Rosenrot)) · es Blancanieves (character from Snow White (Schneewittchen)) · eo Neĝulino (character from Snow White (Schneewittchen)) · sh Снежана (character from Snow White (Schneewittchen)) · ug قار مەلىكە (character from Snow White (Schneewittchen)) · vi Bạch Tuyết (character from Snow White (Schneewittchen)) · cy Gweneira (character from Snow White (Schneewittchen)) · uk Білосні́жка (character from Snow White (Schneewittchen)) · pl Śnieżka (character from Snow White (Schneewittchen)) · ru Белосне́жка (character from Snow White (Schneewittchen)) · mk Снежана (character from Snow-White and Rose-Red (Schneeweißchen und Rosenrot)) · cmn 白雪公主 (character from Snow White (Schneewittchen)) · sh Сњегуљица (character from Snow-White and Rose-Red (Schneeweißchen und Rosenrot)) · uz Qor-Oq (character from Snow White (Schneewittchen)) · cy Eira Wen (character from Snow White (Schneewittchen)) · fi Lumivalko (character from Snow-White and Rose-Red (Schneeweißchen und Rosenrot)) · kk Ақшақар (character from Snow White (Schneewittchen)) · cmn 白雪 (character from Snow White (Schneewittchen)) · ga Sneachta Bán (character from Snow White (Schneewittchen)) · la Albanix (character from Snow White (Schneewittchen)) · et Lumivalgeke (character from Snow White (Schneewittchen)) · nn Snøkvit (character from Snow White (Schneewittchen)) · pl Białośnieżka (character from Snow-White and Rose-Red (Schneeweißchen und Rosenrot)) · cy Gweneira (character from Snow-White and Rose-Red (Schneeweißchen und Rosenrot)) · nl Sneeuwwitje (character from Snow White (Schneewittchen)) · he שלגייה (character from Snow White (Schneewittchen)) · bg Снежанка (character from Snow White (Schneewittchen)) · mt Bajda Silġ (character from Snow White (Schneewittchen)) · et Lumivalgeke (character from Snow-White and Rose-Red (Schneeweißchen und Rosenrot)) · sv Snövit (character from Snow White (Schneewittchen)) · pam Maputing Niebi (character from Snow-White and Rose-Red (Schneeweißchen und Rosenrot)) · sh Snjeguljica (character from Snow White (Schneewittchen)) · gl Brancaneves (character from Snow-White and Rose-Red (Schneeweißchen und Rosenrot)) · ja 白雪姫 (character from Snow White (Schneewittchen)) · nb Snøhvit (character from Snow White (Schneewittchen)) · de Schneewittchen (character from Snow White (Schneewittchen)) · cmn 白雪 (character from Snow-White and Rose-Red (Schneeweißchen und Rosenrot)) · th สโนว์ไวต์ (character from Snow White (Schneewittchen)) · ca Blancaneus (character from Snow-White and Rose-Red (Schneeweißchen und Rosenrot)) · eo Neĝulino (character from Snow-White and Rose-Red (Schneeweißchen und Rosenrot)) · ka ფიფქია (character from Snow White (Schneewittchen)) · ja 白雪 (character from Snow-White and Rose-Red (Schneeweißchen und Rosenrot)) · sv Snövit (character from Snow-White and Rose-Red (Schneeweißchen und Rosenrot)) · af Sneeuwwitjie (character from Snow White (Schneewittchen)) · fi Lumikki (character from Snow White (Schneewittchen)) · el Χιονάτη (character from Snow White (Schneewittchen)) · lv Sniegbaltīte (character from Snow White (Schneewittchen)) · da Snehvide (character from Snow White (Schneewittchen)) · cy Eira Wen (character from Snow-White and Rose-Red (Schneeweißchen und Rosenrot)) · sh Snjeguljica (character from Snow-White and Rose-Red (Schneeweißchen und Rosenrot)) · ko 백설 (character from Snow-White and Rose-Red (Schneeweißchen und Rosenrot)) · ca Blancaneus (character from Snow White (Schneewittchen)) · cs Sněhurka (character from Snow-White and Rose-Red (Schneeweißchen und Rosenrot)) · fa سفیدبرفی (character from Snow White (Schneewittchen)) · mn Цасан цагаан (character from Snow White (Schneewittchen)) · ca Blancaneu (character from Snow White (Schneewittchen)) · mk Снежана (character from Snow White (Schneewittchen)) · pt Branca de Neve (character from Snow White (Schneewittchen)) · eu Edurnezuri (character from Snow White (Schneewittchen)) · lt Snieguolė (character from Snow White (Schneewittchen)) · ko 백설 공주 (character from Snow White (Schneewittchen)) · vo Nifavietil (character from Snow White (Schneewittchen)) · ar سْنُو وَايْت (character from Snow-White and Rose-Red (Schneeweißchen und Rosenrot)) · nl Sneeuwwitje (character from Snow-White and Rose-Red (Schneeweißchen und Rosenrot)) · sh Сњежана (character from Snow White (Schneewittchen)) · sh Сњегуљица (character from Snow White (Schneewittchen)) · ar بَيَاضُ الثَّلْج (character from Snow White (Schneewittchen)) · ru Беляно́чка (character from Snow-White and Rose-Red (Schneeweißchen und Rosenrot)) · el Χιονούλα (character from Snow-White and Rose-Red (Schneeweißchen und Rosenrot)) · tr Pamuk Prenses (character from Snow White (Schneewittchen)) · is Mjallhvít (character from Snow White (Schneewittchen)) · he שִׁלְגִּיָּה (character from Snow White (Schneewittchen)) · es Blancanieves (character from Snow-White and Rose-Red (Schneeweißchen und Rosenrot)) · hy Սպիտակաձյունիկ (character from Snow White (Schneewittchen)) · it Biancaneve (character from Snow White (Schneewittchen)) · az Ağbəniz (character from Snow White (Schneewittchen)) · yue 雪姑 (character from Snow White (Schneewittchen)) · pt Branca de Neve (character from Snow-White and Rose-Red (Schneeweißchen und Rosenrot)) · gd Ròs Bhàn (character from Snow White (Schneewittchen)) · bn তুষারধবল (character from Snow-White and Rose-Red (Schneeweißchen und Rosenrot)) · sq Borëbardha (character from Snow White (Schneewittchen)) · br Gwennerc'h (character from Snow White (Schneewittchen)) · fr Blanche-Neige (character from Snow White (Schneewittchen)) · ar بَيْضَاء الثَّلْج (character from Snow White (Schneewittchen)) · pam Maputing Niebi (character from Snow White (Schneewittchen)) · ro Albă ca Zăpada (character from Snow White (Schneewittchen)) · fr Blanche-Neige (character from Snow-White and Rose-Red (Schneeweißchen und Rosenrot)) · gl Brancaneves (character from Snow White (Schneewittchen)) · hu Hófehérke (character from Snow White (Schneewittchen)) · sh Snježana (character from Snow White (Schneewittchen)) · be Беласне́жка (character from Snow White (Schneewittchen)) · sk Snehulienka (character from Snow White (Schneewittchen)) · id Salju (character from Snow White (Schneewittchen)) · cs Sněhurka (character from Snow White (Schneewittchen)) · ko 백설 (character from Snow White (Schneewittchen)) · fi Lumikki (character from Snow-White and Rose-Red (Schneeweißchen und Rosenrot)) · de Schneeweißchen (character from Snow-White and Rose-Red (Schneeweißchen und Rosenrot)) · sco Snaw White (character from Snow White (Schneewittchen)) · vo Jinifavietanil (character from Snow-White and Rose-Red (Schneeweißchen und Rosenrot)) · yue 白雪公主 (character from Snow White (Schneewittchen))

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