kobold

== English == === Alternative forms === cobold === Etymology === Borrowed from German Kobold. Doublet of cobalt. === Noun === kobold (plural kobolds or (rare) kobolde) (German mythology) An ambivalent, sometimes vindictive, spirit that is capable of materialising as an object or human, often a child; a sprite. 1904, Andrew Lang (collector), author and translator not identified, The Mermaid and the Boy, The Brown Fairy Book, page 176, At this point a cock crew, and the youth jumped up hastily saying : 'Of course I shall ride with the king to the war, and if I do not return, take your violin every evening to the seashore and play on it, so that the very sea-kobolds who live at the bottom of the ocean may hear it and come to you.' (German folklore) A mischievous elf or goblin, or one connected (and helpful) to a family or household. a. 1867, George MacDonald, The Shadows, 2000 [1980], The Golden Key and Other Stories, page 96, The king had seen all kinds of gnomes, goblins, and kobolds at his coronation; […] . (fantasy literature) One of a diminutive and usually malevolent race of beings, often with a reptilian or dog-like appearance. ==== Synonyms ==== (hostile supernatural creature): See goblin ==== Translations ==== == Dutch == === Etymology === 18th century. Borrowed from German Kobold. Doublet with kabouter. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkoː.bɔlt/ Hyphenation: ko‧bold === Noun === kobold m (plural kobolden, diminutive koboldje n, feminine koboldin) kobold 1789, Justus Christiaan Hennings (= Justus Christian Hennings), Onzydige en beproefde gedagten, over de leer aangaande geesten en geesten-zieners, vol. 3, tr. from German, Arend Fokke Simonszoon (publ.), page 324. ==== Related terms ==== kabouter kobalt == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kɔ.bɔld/ === Noun === kobold m (plural kobolds) kobold === Further reading === “kobold”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Hungarian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈkobold] Hyphenation: ko‧bold Rhymes: -old === Noun === kobold (plural koboldok) kobold ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === kobold in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN. == Polish == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Kobold. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkɔ.bɔlt/ Rhymes: -ɔbɔlt Syllabification: ko‧bold === Noun === kobold m animal (Germanic folklore) kobold (ambivalent, sometimes vindictive, spirit that is capable of materialising as an object or human, often a child) (Germanic folklore) kobold (mischievous elf or goblin, or one connected (and helpful) to a family or household) ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “kobold”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[1] (in Polish) kobold in PWN's encyclopedia == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French kobold. === Noun === kobold m (plural kobolzi) kobold ==== Declension ==== === References === kobold in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN