Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

English

Alternative forms

• Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (plural Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeers)

1. A legendary reindeer with a nose that glows red, the subject of a comic Christmas song; often added among Santa Claus's reindeer as the leading one.

   Synonym: Rudolph (by ellipsis)

   • 1989, Susan Fromberg Schaeffer, Buffalo Afternoon, New York, N.Y.: Alfred A. Knopf, →ISBN, page 513:

     In the yards of the houses, the pink flamingos were eclipsed by huge plastic Santa Clauses and Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeers, their red noses tinting the shadows on the snow rose red, and on the roof ridges of every other house, Santa Claus and his sleigh had landed weeks earlier.

   • 1997, Roger L[ichtenberg] Simon, The Lost Coast, HarperCollins, →ISBN, page 194:

     The only buildings on the street across from the Yellow Panda were an abandoned warehouse and a lonely souvenir stand, also closed until tourist season, its carved Smokey the Bears and Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeers looking like lost Christmas decorations in the rain.

   • 2003, Tiffany Lambert, Restaurant Promotion and Publicity: For Just a Few Dollars a Day, Atlantic Publishing Group, Inc., →ISBN, page 98:

     Window cling-ons are the same kind you see at Christmas time, with cute Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeers and Frosty the Snow Mans on them.

   • 2008, William Pepper, In the St. Nick of Time, Carnival of Glee Creations, →ISBN, page 10:

     Light posts, storefronts and other businesses were lined with garlands of silver, gold, green and red; as well as the occasional Santa Claus and more than a few Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeers.

   • 2014, Greg Laurie, Red: The Color of Christmas, 15 Favorite Christmas Messages, Allen David Books, →ISBN, page 307:

     These days, you see more of those giant inflatable Frosty the Snowmen and Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeers.

   • 2019, Alison Roberts, Single Dad in Her Stocking, Harlequin, →ISBN:

     Good job you don’t have kids, mate. You’d go mad this time of year with all the Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeers going on.

Coordinate terms

Santa Claus's reindeer

• Blitzen
• Comet
• Cupid
• Dancer
• Dasher
• Donner
• Prancer
• Vixen

 

Translations

the red-nosed reindeer

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 紅鼻子馴鹿魯道夫／红鼻子驯鹿鲁道夫 (hóngbízi xùnlù Lǔdàofū)

• Danish: Rudolf med den røde tud
• Finnish: Petteri Punakuono
• French: Rudolphe le renne au nez rouge m
• Hebrew: רוּדוֹלְף אָדֹם הָאַף m (Rúdolf adóm ha'áf)
• Italian: Rudolph la renna dal naso rosso m
• Japanese: ルドルフ赤鼻のトナカイ (ルドルフあかはなのトナカイ, Rudorufu akahana no tonakai)
• Korean: 루돌프 (Rudolpeu), 빨간 코를 가진 순록 (Ppalgan Koreul gajin Sullok)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Rudolf er rød på nesen m, Reinsdyret Rudolf m

• Persian: رودولف گوزن بینی قرمز (rudolf gavazn bini qermez), رودولف (rudolf)
• Polish: Rudolf Czerwononosy m
• Portuguese: a Rena do Nariz Vermelho f, Rudolph m, (Brazil) Rodolfinho m, Rodolfão m
• Spanish: Rodolfo el reno m
• Swedish: Rudolf med röda mulen c
• Vietnamese: Tuần lộc Rudolph Mũi đỏ
• Welsh: Rwdolff y carw trwyn-goch m

Further reading

• Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer on Wikipedia.Wikipedia