name
Meaning 1
The creature from Mary Shelley's novel.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
Frankenstein's monster
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noun
Meaning 2
A thing that is cobbled together from parts of other things.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Frankenstein, Frankensteinian monster
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A creation that overpowers or slips out of the control of its creator, often proceeding to turn on its creator or harm others.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
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noun
Meaning 4
the monster created by Frankenstein in a gothic novel by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (the creator's name is commonly used to refer to his creation)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Frankenstein
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: fictional character, fictitious character, character
History
Etymology
In Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein (1818), Dr. Frankenstein assembled a monster from human corpses; it eventually escaped his control.
Across languages
Translations
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- French: monstre de Frankenstein — Translations
- Georgian: ფრანკენშტაინის ურჩხული (pranḳenšṭainis určxuli) — Translations
- German: Frankensteins Monster — Translations
- Japanese: フランケンシュタインの怪物 (Furenkenshutain no kaibutsu) — Translations
- Kazakh: Франкенштейн құбыжығы (Frankenştein qūbyjyğy) — Translations
- Polish: stwór Frankensteina — Translations
- Polish: Frankenstein — Translations
- Russian: Чудовище Франкенштейна (Čudovišče Frankenštejna) — Translations