Bluebeard

English

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Proper noun

Bluebeard

1. A famous fairytale written by Charles Perrault in 1697 about a violent nobleman who has the habit of murdering his wives and the attempts of his current wife to avoid the same fate.
2. The nobleman who is the title character of the story.

Translations

the famous fairytale

• Arabic: اللحية الزرقاء f (al-líHya al-zarqaa')
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 藍鬍子, 蓝胡子 (Lán Húzi)

• French: Barbe-Bleue (fr) f
• German: Blaubart f
• Greek: Κυανοπώγων m (Kyanopógon)

• Italian: please add this translation if you can
• Japanese: 青ひげ (あおひげ, Aohige) (青髭 (あおひげ, Aohige))
• Norwegian: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: Sinobrody m
• Romanian: Barbă Albastră
• Russian: Си́няя Борода́ (ru) f (Sínjaja Borodá)
• Swedish: Blåskägg

the title character

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 藍鬍子, 蓝胡子 (Lán Húzi)

• French: Barbe-Bleue (fr) f
• German: Blaubart f
• Greek: Κυανοπώγων m (Kyanopógon)
• Italian: Barbablù m

• Japanese: 青ひげ (あおひげ, Aohige) (青髭 (あおひげ, Aohige))
• Norwegian: Ridder Blåskjegg
• Polish: Sinobrody m
• Portuguese: Barba Azul m
• Romanian: Barbă Albastră
• Russian: Си́няя Борода́ (ru) f (Sínjaja Borodá)
• Swedish: Blåskägg

Noun

Bluebeard (plural Bluebeards)

1. A man who married and then murdered one wife after another.

References

Webster's Collegiate Dictionary of the English Language, International Encyclopedic Edition, 2002.