cinderella

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a woman whose merits were not been recognized but who then achieves sudden success and recognition
  2. noun a fictional young girl who is saved from her stepmother and stepsisters by her fairy godmother and a handsome prince

Etymology

From cinder + -ella.

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