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A female water spirit that leads handsome men to their deaths underwater.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: Slavic mythology
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From Russian руса́лка (rusálka, “mermaid, siren”). Doublet of rosalia.
Across languages
Translations
26 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
رُوسَالْكَا
(rūsālkā)
— female water spirit that leads handsome men to their deaths
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Belarusian:
руса́лка
(rusálka)
— female water spirit that leads handsome men to their deaths
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Bulgarian:
руса́лка
(rusálka)
— female water spirit that leads handsome men to their deaths
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Chinese Mandarin:
魯薩爾卡 /鲁萨尔卡
(lǔsà'ěrkǎ)
— female water spirit that leads handsome men to their deaths
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Czech:
rusalka
— female water spirit that leads handsome men to their deaths
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Dutch:
roesalka
— female water spirit that leads handsome men to their deaths
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Dutch:
rusalka
— female water spirit that leads handsome men to their deaths
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Finnish:
rusalka
— female water spirit that leads handsome men to their deaths
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French:
roussalka
— female water spirit that leads handsome men to their deaths
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German:
Rusalka
— female water spirit that leads handsome men to their deaths
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German:
Russalka
— female water spirit that leads handsome men to their deaths
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Greek:
ρουσάλκα
(rousálka)
— female water spirit that leads handsome men to their deaths
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Italian:
rusalka
— female water spirit that leads handsome men to their deaths
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Japanese:
ルサールカ
(rusāruka)
— female water spirit that leads handsome men to their deaths
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Korean:
루살카
(rusalka)
— female water spirit that leads handsome men to their deaths
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Macedonian:
русалка
(rusalka)
— female water spirit that leads handsome men to their deaths
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Polish:
rusałka
— female water spirit that leads handsome men to their deaths
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Portuguese:
rusalka
— female water spirit that leads handsome men to their deaths
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Russian:
руса́лка
(rusálka)
— female water spirit that leads handsome men to their deaths
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Serbo-Croatian:
русалка
— female water spirit that leads handsome men to their deaths
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Serbo-Croatian:
rusalka
— female water spirit that leads handsome men to their deaths
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Slovak:
rusalka
— female water spirit that leads handsome men to their deaths
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Slovene:
rusalka
— female water spirit that leads handsome men to their deaths
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Spanish:
rusalka
— female water spirit that leads handsome men to their deaths
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Turkish:
rusalka
— female water spirit that leads handsome men to their deaths
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Ukrainian:
руса́лка
(rusálka)
— female water spirit that leads handsome men to their deaths
