goldilocks

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• gōlʹdē-lŏks
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɡəʊldilɒks/
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• Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• Atlantic-Canada, General-American: /ˈɡoʊldiˌlɑks/
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• Canada, dialectal: /ˈɡoʊldiˌlɒks/ of the US
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• /ˈɡəʊldilɒks/
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• CMU ARPABET: G OW1 L D IY0 L AO2 K S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Apparently from goldilocks, equivalent to goldy + locks (“tuft of hair, curl”).

From goldy + locks. Goldilocks is a traditional children's story and its protagonist.

54 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: Gouelokkies — fairy tale character
• Breton: Blev rodellek — fairy tale character
• Bulgarian: Златокоска (Zlatokoska) — fairy tale character
• Catalan: Rínxols d'Or — fairy tale character
• Chinese Mandarin: 金髮姑娘 /金发姑娘 (Jīnfà Gūniang) — fairy tale character
• Cornish: Blewowrek — fairy tale character
• Danish: Guldlok — fairy tale character
• Dutch: Goudlokje — fairy tale character
• Esperanto: Orbuklulino — fairy tale character
• Estonian: Kuldkihar — fairy tale character
• Finnish: Kultakutri — fairy tale character
• French: Boucles d'or — fairy tale character
• German: Goldlöckchen — fairy tale character
• Hungarian: Aranyfürtöcske — fairy tale character
• Icelandic: Gullbrá — fairy tale character
• Italian: Riccioli d'oro — fairy tale character
• Japanese: ゴルディロックス 金髪の巻き毛ちゃん (Gorudirokkusu) — fairy tale character
• Korean: 골디락스 (Goldirakseu) — fairy tale character
• Macedonian: Златокоса (Zlatokosa) — fairy tale character
• Polish: Złotowłosa — fairy tale character
• Portuguese: Cachinhos dourados — fairy tale character
• Russian: Златовла́ска (Zlatovláska) — fairy tale character
• Serbo-Croatian: Златокоса — fairy tale character
• Serbo-Croatian: Zlatokosa — fairy tale character
• Spanish: Ricitos de Oro — fairy tale character
• Spanish: Ricitos Áureos — fairy tale character
• Spanish: Ricitos Áuricos — fairy tale character
• Spanish: Ricitos Dorados — fairy tale character
• Swedish: Guldlock — fairy tale character
• Finnish: juuri sopiva — happy medium
• Polish: złoty środek — happy medium
• Russian: золота́я середи́на (zolotája seredína) — happy medium
• Spanish: óptimo — happy medium
• Spanish: ricitos de oro — happy medium
• Czech: zlatovláska — person with golden hair
• Finnish: kultakutri — person with golden hair
• French: boucles d'or — person with golden hair
• German: Goldlöckchen — person with golden hair
• Hungarian: aranyhajú kislány — person with golden hair
• Italian: riccioli d'oro — person with golden hair
• Italian: biondina — person with golden hair
• Polish: złotowłosy — person with golden hair
• Polish: złotowłosa — person with golden hair
• Portuguese: loirinha — person with golden hair
• Russian: Златовла́ска (Zlatovláska) — person with golden hair
• Spanish: ricitos de oro — person with golden hair
• Spanish: ricitos áureos — person with golden hair
• Spanish: ricitos áuricos — person with golden hair
• Spanish: ricitos dorados — person with golden hair
• Czech: hvězdnice zlatovlásek — Aster linosyris
• Finnish: kultakutriasteri — Aster linosyris
• Hungarian: aranyfürt — Aster linosyris
• Polish: ożota zwyczajna — Aster linosyris
• Polish: aster ożota — Aster linosyris