silfo

Esperanto

Etymology

From New Latin sylphes.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsilfo]
• Rhymes: -ilfo
• Hyphenation: sil‧fo

Noun

silfo (accusative singular silfon, plural silfoj, accusative plural silfojn)

1. sylph

Portuguese

Etymology

From French sylphe.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsiw.fu/ [ˈsiʊ̯.fu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsiw.fu/ [ˈsiʊ̯.fu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsiw.fo/ [ˈsiʊ̯.fo]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsil.fu/ [ˈsiɫ.fu]

Noun

silfo m (plural silfos, feminine sílfide, feminine plural sílfides)

1. (mythology) sylph (the elemental being of air)

Spanish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsilfo/ [ˈsil.fo]
• Rhymes: -ilfo
• Syllabification: sil‧fo

Noun

silfo m (plural silfos)

1. sylph

Further reading

• “silfo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014