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Tekoälykääntäjä
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Ääntäminen
US- Tuntematon aksentti:
- IPA: /sɪlf/
| Kieli | Käännökset |
|---|---|
| espanja | sílfide |
| italia | silfide, silfo |
| portugali | silfo, sílfide |
| puola | sylf, sylfida |
| ranska | sylphe, sylphide |
| ruotsi | sylf |
| saksa | Sylphe, Luftgeist, Sylphide |
Määritelmät
Substantiivi
- (mythology) An invisible being of the air.
- The elemental being of air, usually female.
- (by extension) A slender woman or girl, usually graceful and sometimes with the implication of sublime station over everyday people.
- (ornithology) Any of the mainly dark green and blue hummingbirds (genus Aglaiocercus), the male of which has a long forked tail.
Esimerkit
- Her heart fluttered with expectation—her step was buoyant with hope, and she sprung into the carriage with the lightness of a sylph.
Taivutusmuodot
| Monikko | sylphs |
(mythology) An invisible being of the air.
11. Air-people, wind-men, sylphs ―engraving by Thomas Cross, Sr. (fl. 1632-1682), frontispiece to Praetorius (1668) [1666] Anthropodemus Plutonicus.
The elemental being of air, usually female.
La Sylphide Bourbon, A.M. Bininger & Co. Bourbon advertising label in the shape of a glass showing a man pursuing three sylphs
(by extension) A slender woman or girl, usually graceful and sometimes with the implication of sublime station over everyday people.
Marie Taglioni in La Sylphide
(ornithology) Any of the mainly dark green and blue hummingbirds (genus Aglaiocercus), the male of which has a long forked tail.
Long-tailed sylph