sílfide
See also: silfide
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from French sylphide, from New Latin sylphes, coined by Swiss occultist Paracelsus in the 16th century. The coinage may derive from Latin sylvestris (“of the woods”) and nympha (“nymph”), or otherwise Ancient Greek σίλφη (sílphē, “beetle”).
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Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: síl‧fi‧de
Noun edit
sílfide f (plural sílfides)
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sílfide f (plural sílfides)
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Further reading edit
- “sílfide”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014