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Sylphide — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • sylph noun An invisible being of the air.

Senses

Sylphide is used for these senses in English:

  • sylph (by extension) A slender woman or girl, usually graceful and sometimes with the implication of sublime station over everyday people.

sylph — full definition

  1. noun An invisible being of the air.
  2. noun The elemental being of air, usually female.
  3. noun A slender woman or girl, usually graceful and sometimes with the implication of sublime station over everyday people.
  4. noun Any of the mainly dark green and blue hummingbirds (genus Aglaiocercus), the male of which has a long forked tail.

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