sílfide
Spanish, noun/ˈsilfide/
sílfide is spelled S-Í-L-F-I-D-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 28 million words in written Spanish, the 191,875th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sílfide is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “sylph” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Criatura mitológica fabulosa de la tradición occidental. Este término tiene su origen en la obra de…”.
What does sílfide mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesylph
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Criatura mitológica fabulosa de la tradición occidental. Este término tiene su origen en la obra de Paracelso, quien las describía como seres invisibles del aire.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of sílfide
- sílfides plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sílfide?
- /ˈsilfide/
- [ˈsil.fi.ð̞e]
- [ˈsilfið̞e]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sílfide
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sílfide in Spanish?
sílfide appears about once in every 28 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).