English Explanatory Dictionary

Prince Charming

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A fictional heroic prince in various fairy-tales.
  2. A heterosexual woman's prototypical ideal romantic partner, especially but not necessarily if he embodies common characteristics of the fictional princes, such as being courageous or chivalrous.
noun
  1. Alternative form of Prince Charming.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Prince Charming.wav

Word forms

Prince Charming Prince Charmings Princes Charming

Etymology

Calque of French Roi Charmant (“Charming King”).

Related words

Mister Right

Translations

Basque: printze xarmant Catalan: príncep encantador Catalan: príncep blau Chinese Mandarin: 白馬王子 /白马王子 Danish: prins på den hvide hest Dutch: prins op het witte paard Esperanto: ĉarma princo Finnish: unelmien prinssi Finnish: satuprinssi French: prince charmant Greek: πριγκιπόπουλο Greek: πρίγκιπας του παραμυθιού Greek: γοητευτικός πρίγκιπας Hungarian: szőke herceg Italian: principe azzurro Japanese: 王子様 Japanese: プリンス・チャーミング Korean: 백마 탄 왕자 Latvian: sapņu princis Lithuanian: svajonių princas Norwegian: drømmeprins Polish: książę z bajki Portuguese: príncipe encantado Romanian: Făt-Frumos Romansh: prinzi da paraula Russian: прекра́сный принц Serbo-Croatian: принц на белом коњу Serbo-Croatian: princ na belom konju Spanish: príncipe azul Swedish: drömprins Turkish: yakışıklı prens
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