Tom Thumb

English

Tom Thumb stealing the ogre's seven-league boots

Proper noun

Tom Thumb

1. A fairy-tale character who is the size of a person's thumb; the protagonist and hero of the fairy tale The History of Tom Thumb.

Derived terms

• Tom Thumb golf

Related terms

• hop-o'-my-thumb
• Thumbelina

Descendants

• → French: Tom Pouce
  • → Dutch: tompoes
    • → English: tompouce
  • → Limburgish: tompoeske

Translations

the thumb-sized hero of a fairy tale

Afrikaans: Klein Duimpie Arabic: عُقْلَة الإِصْبَعِ m (ʕuqla(t) al-ʔiṣbaʕi) Aragonese: Pulgaret m Basque: please add this translation if you can Belarusian: Traditional: Хло́пчык як па́льчык m (Xlópčyk jak pálʹčyk), Мало́е Пальчанё́ n (Malóje Palʹčanjó) Breton: Meudig (br) m Bulgarian: Малечко Палечко n (Malečko Palečko) Catalan: Polzet m Czech: Paleček m Dutch: Klein Duimpje (nl) n Erzya: Пелькине (Peľkińe) Esperanto: Dikfingrulo Finnish: Peukaloinen French: Tom Pouce (fr) m, Petit Poucet (fr) m Galician: Polgariño (gl) m German: Däumling (de) m Greek: Κοντορεβιθούλης m (Kontorevithoúlis) Hungarian: Hüvelyk Matyi (hu), Babszem Jankó Italian: Pollicino m Japanese: 親指トム (おやゆびトム, oyayubi Tomu) Kazakh: Шынашақ (Şynaşaq) Persian: تام انگشتی (tâm angošti), تام بندانگشتی (tâm bandângošti) Polish: Tomcio Paluch m, Paluszek m Portuguese: (Portugal) Polegarzinho m, (Brazil) Pequeno Polegar m Romanian: Tom Degețel m Russian: Ма́льчик-с-па́льчик (ru) m (Málʹčik-s-pálʹčik) Spanish: Pulgarcito m Swedish: Tummeliten c Turkish: erkenek, erkecel, erkecey, ernek (tr), irkenek, irkeyel Welsh: Bawd Bach m West Frisian: Tomke m

Noun

Tom Thumb (plural Tom Thumbs)

1. (Australia) A type of diminutive simple firecracker that explodes to give a loud noise.

Further reading

• Tom Thumb on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• The History of Tom Thumb on Wikisource.Wikisource