sylphid

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/ˈsɪlfɪd/

noun

A young or little sylph.

OriginFrench sylphide →
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Meanings

nounsylphid (plural sylphids)

plural sylphids · alternative sylphide

  1. poetichuman sciencesA young or little sylph.

    the palace of the sylphid queen

    1819, Joseph Rodman Drake, The Culprit Fay
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    Ye sylphs and sylphids, to your chief give ear.

    1712 May, [Alexander Pope], “The Rape of the Locke. An Heroi-comical Poem.”, in Miscellaneous Poems and Translations. […], London: […] Bernard Lintott […], →OCLC, canto II

    He insisted on it, and Lucilia, at length, placed her elegant foot on his hand, and darted so nimbly on horseback, that all her motions gave the idea of one of those sylphids, which imagination paints to us in such delicate colours.

    1807, [Germaine] de Staël Holstein, translated by D[ennis] Lawler, “[Book XVII. Corinna in Scotland.] Chap[ter] VI.”, in Corinna; or, Italy. […], volume V, London: […] Corri, […]; and sold by Colburn, […], and Mackenzie, […], →OCLC, page 50

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
sylph

Origin

  1. Frenchsylphide
  2. Englishsylphid

From French sylphide. By surface analysis, sylph + -id.

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Translations

Catalan sílfide
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Czech sylfida
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Danish sylfide
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French sylphide
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German Sylphide
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Greek συλφίδα
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Hungarian szilfid
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Italian silfide
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Latvian silfīda
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Polish sylfida
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Portuguese sílfide
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Romanian silfidă
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Russian сильфи́да
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Spanish sílfide
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Swedish sylfid
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Cite this entry
APA

sylphid. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sylphid

MLA

“sylphid.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sylphid. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sylphid,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sylphid.

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