Sylph

/sˈɪlf/

/ˈsɪɫf/

Sylph

sílfide

an elegant woman with a slender figure

silfo

an elemental being believed to inhabit the air

Ejemplos

1. There were seven sylphs, the creatures of the air.

2. It turned out the two sylphs disagreed.

3. Serafina's model was a steel sylph, with ball-and-socket joints that let it strike a pose, pivot, talk with its delicate hands.

4. These are long-tailed sylphs which are some hummingbirds from the Peruvian Andes.