sylphe
See also: Sylphe
French
Etymology
From New Latin sylphes, sylphi, coined by Paracelsus in the 16th century, possibly based on a combination of Latin sylvestris (“from the woods”) + nympha (“nymph”), or otherwise Ancient Greek σίλφη (sílphē, “beetle”).
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /silf/
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Further reading
- “sylphe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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