Zelda

English

Etymology

Shortened from Griselda.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈzɛldə/

Proper noun

Zelda

  1. A female given name from the Germanic languages
  2. (video games) Shortened form of Legend of Zelda.
    • 2003, Ken Ayers, letter to the editor, Play, July 2003, page 8:
      The Wind Waker is the best Zelda I’ve played since Link to the Past on the Super Nintendo.
    • 2017, Tim Wilkus, in "Big & little Reviews: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild", Little Player: Video Game Magazine for Kids, May/June 2017, page 25:
      Unlike previous Zeldas, Breath of the Wild doesn't hold your hand.
    • 2020, Gabe Durham, The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask, unnumbered page:
      For better or worse, Ocarina was the perfect fan service for kids and adults who'd spent years closing their eyes and imagining how cool a 3D Zelda was going to be.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Zelda.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

Portuguese

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈzɛw.dɐ/ [ˈzɛʊ̯.dɐ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈzɛw.da/ [ˈzɛʊ̯.da]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈzɛl.dɐ/ [ˈzɛɫ.dɐ]

Proper noun

Zelda f

  1. a female given name, equivalent to English Zelda
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.