Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

undine

/ˈʌndiːn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.03 in modern English

Syllables: un-dine
IPA: /ˈʌndiːn/

7

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A female water-sprite or nymph.

noun

The elemental being of water.

noun

a small flask used to apply lotions to the eye.

name

A female given name from Latin.

Example Sentences

"The child, on the contrary, would by no means listen to this, declaring she had been called Undine by her parents, and Undine she would still be called. Now this seemed to me a Pagan name, which stood in no calendar, and therefore I took counsel of a priest in the city."

Etymology

From German Undine, from New Latin undīna, from Latin unda (“wave”).

Origin

Source language: German

Word Breakdown

Root: *wed-, Undine, undīna, unda

Inflected Forms

undines (plural) ondine (alternative)

Derived Forms

undinal undinism

Questions

How do you pronounce undine?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈʌndiːn/.
What does undine mean?: A female water-sprite or nymph.
Where does undine come from?: It is traced to German.

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