English

Proper noun

Rapunzel

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.

Derived terms

• Rapunzelian
• Rapunzel syndrome

Translations

External links

• Rapunzel on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

German

Etymology

From Medieval Latin rapuncium, rapuntium, from Latin radix ‎(“root”) + phu ‎(“valerian”).

Noun

Rapunzel f ‎(genitive Rapunzel, plural Rapunzeln)

1. lamb's lettuce (Valerianella locusta)
2. rampion (Campanula rapunculus)
3. spiked rampion (Phyteuma spicata)

Synonyms

• (Valerianella): Feldsalat, Vogerlsalat (Austrian), Nüsslisalat (Swiss)
• (Campanula): Rapunzel-Glockenblume
• (Phyteuma): Ährige Teufelskralle

Proper noun

Rapunzel f ‎(genitive Rapunzel)

1. Rapunzel, the long-haired protagonist of a certain fairy tale

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowing from German Rapunzel.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌʁa.pũ.ˈzɛw/

Proper noun

Rapunzel f

1. (European folklore) Rapunzel

English

Wild Campanula rapunculus in bloom

Valerianella locusta served in a salad

Noun

rapunzel ‎(uncountable)

1. (plants, vegetable) A plant with leaves and crisp roots which have been used in salads, rampion, Campanula rapunculus.
2. (plants, vegetable) A plant with leaves which are used in salads, corn salad or mâche, Valerianella locusta.

Synonyms

• (Campanula rapunculus): rampion, raiponce, rover bellflower.
• (Valerianella locusta): corn salad/cornsalad, lamb's lettuce, mâche, fetticus, nut lettuce, field salad, doucette, raiponce.

Translations

Usage notes

• This term is used mostly in the context of the Grimm's fairy tale of the same name, with other synonyms being much more common, otherwise. Although the fairy tale referred to the rampion, there is considerable confusion: names for rampion and corn salad in various languages overlap, and the rampion is mostly obsolete as a cultivated vegetable.