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undine

Syllables: un·dine/ˈʌndiːn/

undine noun: a female water-sprite or nymph.

Noun

undine (plural undines)

  1. A female water-sprite or nymph.
  2. The elemental being of water.
  3. a small flask used to apply lotions to the eye.

Proper noun capitalized: Undine

Undine

  1. (regional) A female given name from Latin.
    • 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.1818 Translation by George Soane of Undine (1811) by Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué, W.Simpkin and R. Marshall, pages 24-25

undine meaning in Tamil and Urdu

undine in Tamil

கண் நீரூட்டிக்குப்பி, கண்கழுவல் குப்பி, தூம்புக்குடுவை

undine in Urdu

جل پری

Forms of undine

pluralundines
alternative formondine

Origin of undine

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

From German Undine (“undine”), first used as a given name in the novel Undine by Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué and in 19th-century operas based on the book.

Words formed from undine

Questions about undine

What does undine mean?
Undine means a female water-sprite or nymph.
What is undine in Tamil?
Undine in Tamil is கண் நீரூட்டிக்குப்பி, கண்கழுவல் குப்பி, தூம்புக்குடுவை. See Undine meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is undine?
Undine can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce undine?
Undine is pronounced /ˈʌndiːn/.
What is the plural of undine?
The plural of undine is undines.

Words near undine in the dictionary

  1. undimming
  2. undimpled
  3. undims
  4. Undina
  5. undinal
  6. undine
  7. Undine's curse
  8. undined
  9. undines
  10. undinged
  11. undining

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Adapted from Wiktionary: undine (page history and authors); Undine (page history and authors); undine (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); undine (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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