sylphide

See also: Sylphide

English

Noun

sylphide (plural sylphides)

  1. A young sylph.
    • 2007 October 20, Anne Midgette, “After 262 Years, a Sylph King’s Debut”, in New York Times‎:
      William Sharp had the fleeting part of Zulim, and Ah Young Hong showed a lovely voice with round, soft low notes and a sugar-sweet top as a nymph and a sylphide.

Portuguese

Noun

sylphide f (plural sylphides)

  1. Obsolete spelling of sílfide (used in Portugal until September 1911 and died out in Brazil during the 1920s).
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