Skip to content
Vinony

Dracula

proper noun

  1. well-known vampire character
L1406066 on Wikidata ↗

Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈdɹækjʊlə/ / /ˈdɹækjələ/

name

Etymology: From the name Vlad III Dracula (also known as Vlad Țepeș (“Vlad the Impaler”)), from the name of his father Vlad II Dracul, who was given the name Dracul by the Order of the Dragon. Dracul (literally “the Devil”) comes from the Romanian drac (“devil”), itself deriving from the Latin dracō (“dragon”).

  1. The fictional vampire in the novel of the same name by Bram Stoker.
  2. A former prince of Wallachia.

noun

Etymology: From the name Vlad III Dracula (also known as Vlad Țepeș (“Vlad the Impaler”)), from the name of his father Vlad II Dracul, who was given the name Dracul by the Order of the Dragon. Dracul (literally “the Devil”) comes from the Romanian drac (“devil”), itself deriving from the Latin dracō (“dragon”).

  1. Any vampire.

    “But he would have had to have been over 250 years old! Like a Dracula or something.”