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sylph  (slf)

n.

1. A slim, graceful woman or girl.

2. In the occult philosophy of Paracelsus, a being that has air as its element.

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[New Latin sylpha, perhaps blend of Latin sylvestris, of the forest (from silva, sylva, forest) and Latin nympha, nymph; see nymph.]

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sylph [sɪlf]

n

1. a slender graceful girl or young woman

2. (Myth & Legend / Classical Myth & Legend) any of a class of imaginary beings assumed to inhabit the air

[from New Latin sylphus, probably coined from Latin silva wood + Greek numphē nymph]

sylphlike  less commonly, sylphic, sylphish, sylphy adj

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	sylph - a slender graceful young woman adult female, woman - an adult female person (as opposed to a man); "the woman kept house while the man hunted"
	2.	sylph - an elemental being believed to inhabit the air imaginary being, imaginary creature - a creature of the imagination; a person that exists only in legends or myths or fiction

Translations

sylph [sɪlf] N (Myth) (male) → silfo m, sílfide f; (female) → sílfide f

sylph

n (Myth) → Sylphe mf; (fig: = girl) → Sylphide f, → Nymphe f

sylph [sɪlf] n → silfo