sílfide
Portuguese, noun/ˈsiw.fi.d͡ʒi/
sílfide is spelled S-Í-L-F-I-D-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 72 million words in written Portuguese, the 233,859th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sílfide is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “sylph (slender woman or girl)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a female equivalent of silfo. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “gênio feminino do ar na mitologia céltica e germânica”.
What does sílfide mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefemale equivalent of silfo
- 2
femininesylph (slender woman or girl)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. gênio feminino do ar na mitologia céltica e germânica 2. mulher esbelta e delicada de imagem vaporosa
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of sílfide
- sílfides plural
- sylphide alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sílfide?
- Brazil /ˈsiw.fi.d͡ʒi/
- Brazil [ˈsiʊ̯.fi.d͡ʒi]
- Portugal /ˈsil.fi.dɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (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 Portuguese?
sílfide appears about once in every 72 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).