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A famous 1605–1615 Spanish novel by Miguel de Cervantes (1547–1616), whose full title is El ingenioso hidalgo don Quijote de la Mancha (The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha).
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The protagonist of this novel.
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Any person or character who displays quixotism.
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the hero of a romance by Cervantes; chivalrous but impractical
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Broader terms: fictional character, fictitious character, character
any impractical idealist (after Cervantes' hero)
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Broader terms: idealist, dreamer
Borrowed from Spanish Don Quixote, the older spelling of modern Spanish Don Quijote.
Across languages
Translations
77 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Spanish:
el Quijote
— a famous Spanish novel
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Albanian:
Don Kishoti
— the protagonist of a famous Spanish novel
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Arabic:
دُون كِيشُوت
(dūn kīšūt)
— the protagonist of a famous Spanish novel
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Arabic:
دُون كِيخُوتِي
(dūn kīḵūtī)
— the protagonist of a famous Spanish novel
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Aragonese:
Don Quixot
— the protagonist of a famous Spanish novel
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Armenian:
Դոն Քիշոտ
(Don Kʻišot)
— the protagonist of a famous Spanish novel
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Armenian:
Դոն Կիխոտ
(Don Kixot)
— the protagonist of a famous Spanish novel
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Asturian:
Don Quixote
— the protagonist of a famous Spanish novel
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Azerbaijani:
Don Kixot
— the protagonist of a famous Spanish novel
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Basque:
On Kixote
— the protagonist of a famous Spanish novel
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Belarusian:
Дон Кіхо́т
(Don Kixót)
— the protagonist of a famous Spanish novel
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Bengali:
ডন কিহোতে
(ḍon kihōte)
— the protagonist of a famous Spanish novel
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Breton:
Don Quijote
— the protagonist of a famous Spanish novel
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Bulgarian:
Дон Кихо́т
(Don Kihót)
— the protagonist of a famous Spanish novel
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Catalan:
Don Quixot
— the protagonist of a famous Spanish novel
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Chinese Cantonese:
唐吉訶德 /唐吉诃德
(tong4 gat1 ho1 dak1)
— the protagonist of a famous Spanish novel
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Chinese Cantonese:
吉訶德大人 /吉诃德大人
(gat1 ho1 dak1 daai6 jan4)
— the protagonist of a famous Spanish novel
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Chinese:
Don Quixote
— the protagonist of a famous Spanish novel
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Chinese Mandarin:
堂吉訶德 /堂吉诃德
(Táng Jíhēdé)
— the protagonist of a famous Spanish novel
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Chinese Mandarin:
吉訶德大人 /吉诃德大人
(Jíhēdé-dàrén)
— the protagonist of a famous Spanish novel
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Czech:
Don Quijote
— the protagonist of a famous Spanish novel
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Dutch:
Don Quichot
— the protagonist of a famous Spanish novel
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Esperanto:
Donkiĥoto
— the protagonist of a famous Spanish novel
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Finnish:
Don Quijote
— the protagonist of a famous Spanish novel
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French:
Don Quichotte
— the protagonist of a famous Spanish novel
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West-Frisian:
Don Quichot
— the protagonist of a famous Spanish novel
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Galician:
Don Quixote
— the protagonist of a famous Spanish novel
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Georgian:
დონ კიხოტი
(don ḳixoṭi)
— the protagonist of a famous Spanish novel
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German:
Don Quichotte
— the protagonist of a famous Spanish novel
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German:
Don Quixote
— the protagonist of a famous Spanish novel
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German:
Don Quijote
— the protagonist of a famous Spanish novel
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Bavarian German:
Don Quijote
— the protagonist of a famous Spanish novel
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Greek:
Δον Κιχώτης
(Don Kichótis)
— the protagonist of a famous Spanish novel
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Hebrew:
דוֹן קִישׁוֹט
(Don Kishót)
— the protagonist of a famous Spanish novel
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Hebrew:
דוֹן קִיחוֹטֶה
(Don Kikhóteh)
— the protagonist of a famous Spanish novel
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Hungarian:
Don Quijote
— the protagonist of a famous Spanish novel
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Icelandic:
Don Kíkóti
— the protagonist of a famous Spanish novel
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Indonesian:
Don Kisot
— the protagonist of a famous Spanish novel
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Indonesian:
Don Kihote
— the protagonist of a famous Spanish novel
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Italian:
Don Chisciotte
— the protagonist of a famous Spanish novel
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Japanese:
ドン・キホーテ
(Don Kihōte)
— the protagonist of a famous Spanish novel
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Korean:
돈 키호테
(Don Kihote)
— the protagonist of a famous Spanish novel
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Northern Kurdish:
Don Kîşot
— the protagonist of a famous Spanish novel
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Latin:
Dominus Quixotus
— the protagonist of a famous Spanish novel
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Latvian:
Dons Kihots
— the protagonist of a famous Spanish novel
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Lithuanian:
Don Kichotas
— the protagonist of a famous Spanish novel
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Macedonian:
Дон Ки́хот
(Don Kíhot)
— the protagonist of a famous Spanish novel
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Malayalam:
ഡോൺ ക്വിൿസോട്ട്
(ḍōṇ kviksōṭṭŭ)
— the protagonist of a famous Spanish novel
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Marathi:
डॉन क्विक्झोट
(ḍŏn kvikjhoṭ)
— the protagonist of a famous Spanish novel
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Marathi:
दॉन किहोते
(dŏn kihote)
— the protagonist of a famous Spanish novel
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Newar:
दन किहोते
(dana kihote)
— the protagonist of a famous Spanish novel
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Occitan:
Don Quichòte
— the protagonist of a famous Spanish novel
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Persian:
دن کیشوت
(don kišot)
— the protagonist of a famous Spanish novel
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Polish:
Don Kichot
— the protagonist of a famous Spanish novel
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Polish:
Donkiszot
— the protagonist of a famous Spanish novel
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Portuguese:
Dom Quixote
— the protagonist of a famous Spanish novel
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Punjabi:
ਦੌਨ ਕੀਹੋਤੇ
(daun kīhote)
— the protagonist of a famous Spanish novel
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Romanian:
Don Quijote
— the protagonist of a famous Spanish novel
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Russian:
Дон Кихо́т
(Don Kixót)
— the protagonist of a famous Spanish novel
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Sicilian:
Don Chisciotti
— the protagonist of a famous Spanish novel
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Slovene:
Don Kihot
— the protagonist of a famous Spanish novel
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Spanish:
Don Quijote
— the protagonist of a famous Spanish novel
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Spanish:
Don Quixote
— the protagonist of a famous Spanish novel
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Swedish:
Don Quijote
— the protagonist of a famous Spanish novel
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Tamil:
டான் குய்க்ஸோட்
(ṭāṉ kuyksōṭ)
— the protagonist of a famous Spanish novel
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Thai:
ดอนกิโฆเต้
(Don Gì-koh-dtây)
— the protagonist of a famous Spanish novel
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Tibetan:
ཐང་རྗི་ཁོཏ
(thang rji khot)
— the protagonist of a famous Spanish novel
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Turkish:
Don Kişot
— the protagonist of a famous Spanish novel
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Turkmen:
Don Kihot
— the protagonist of a famous Spanish novel
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Ukrainian:
Дон Кіхо́т
(Don Kixót)
— the protagonist of a famous Spanish novel
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Urdu:
ڈان کے خوتے
(ḍān ke-hote)
— the protagonist of a famous Spanish novel
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Venetan:
Don Chissote
— the protagonist of a famous Spanish novel
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Vietnamese:
Đôn Ki-hô-tê
— the protagonist of a famous Spanish novel
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Vietnamese:
Đông Ki-sốt
— the protagonist of a famous Spanish novel
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Welsh:
Don Quixote
— the protagonist of a famous Spanish novel
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Welsh:
Don Cwicsot
— the protagonist of a famous Spanish novel
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Yiddish:
דאָן קיכאָטע
(don kikhote)
— the protagonist of a famous Spanish novel