silfide

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See also: sílfide

Italian

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Etymology

Borrowed from French sylphe.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsil.fi.de/
  • Rhymes: -ilfide
  • Hyphenation: sìl‧fi‧de

Noun

silfide f (plural silfidi)

  1. sylph
  2. silphid (beetle of family Silphidae, now subfamily Silphinae)