Pied Piper

See also: pied piper

English

Etymology

Short for Pied Piper of Hamelin, from pied and piper.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /paɪd ˈpaɪ.pə/

Proper noun

Pied Piper

1. A folk tale or legend, dating back to the Middle Ages, about a rat-catcher in variegated attire, hired by the German town of Hamelin, who is not paid for his services and retaliates by luring away the local children by playing a flute.
2. The flute-playing rat-catcher who is the protagonist and title character of this story.

Translations

a folk tale

• Catalan: El flautista d'Hamelín
• Czech: Krysař z Hamelnu
• French: Joueur de flûte de Hamelin
• German: Rattenfänger von Hameln m
• Irish: An Píobaire Breac
• Polish: Flecista z Hameln m, Szczurołap z Hameln m
• Russian: Га́мельнский Крысоло́в m (Gámelʹnskij Krysolóv)
• Turkish: Fareli Köyün Kavalcısı

the main character in this story

• Czech: Krysař m
• French: Joueur de flûte de Hamelin
• German: Rattenfänger von Hameln m
• Irish: Píobaire Breac m
• Polish: Flecista z Hameln m, Szczurołap z Hameln m
• Russian: Га́мельнский Крысоло́в m (Gámelʹnskij Krysolóv)
• Turkish: Fareli Köyün Kavalcısı