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melusine

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.38 in modern English

Syllables
melu-sine
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A figure of European folklore and mythology (mostly Celtic), a female spirit of fresh water in a sacred spring or river, usually depicted as a serpent or fish from the waist down, and sometimes with wings.

noun

A mermaid with a split or double tail.

Etymology

From Melusine.

Inflected Forms

Melesina (alternative) Melusina (alternative) melusines (plural)

Questions

What does melusine mean?
A figure of European folklore and mythology (mostly Celtic), a female spirit of fresh water in a sacred spring or river, usually depicted as a serpent or fish from the waist down, and sometimes with wings.
Where does melusine come from?
From Melusine.

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