Her heart fluttered with expectation—her step was buoyant with hope, and she sprung into the carriage with the lightness of a sylph.
Source: wiktionary
Sylph
//sɪlf//
Synonyms for "sylph" (35 found)
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18 translations across 9 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- нежна девойка noun (A slender girl)
Esperanto
1 entries- silfino noun (The elemental being of air)
French
2 entries- sylphe noun (The elemental being of air)
- sylphide noun (The elemental being of air)
German
3 entries- Luftgeist noun (The elemental being of air)
- Sylphe noun (The elemental being of air)
- Sylphide noun (A slender girl)
Italian
3 entries- silfide noun (The elemental being of air)
- silfide noun (A slender girl)
- silfo noun (The elemental being of air)
Polish
3 entries- sylf noun (The elemental being of air)
- sylfida noun (The elemental being of air)
- sylfida noun (A slender girl)
Portuguese
2 entries- silfo noun (The elemental being of air)
- sílfide noun (The elemental being of air)
Spanish
1 entries- sílfide noun (The elemental being of air)
Swedish
2 entries- sylf noun (The elemental being of air)
- sylfid noun (A slender girl)
Sample sentences
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Necromancy meant originally the conjuring up the souls of the dead, and later included the conjuring of all sorts of inhuman spirits such as sylphs, giants, and djinn.
Source: wiktionary
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