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