valkyrie
UK/ˈvælˌkɪ.ɹi/
valkyrie noun: any of the female attendants of Odin, figures said to guide fallen warriors from the battlefield to Valhalla.
Noun (1)
valkyrie (plural valkyries)
Noun (2) capitalized: Valkyrie
Valkyrie (plural Valkyries)
- Alternative spelling of valkyrie.
valkyrie meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
valkyrie in Hindi
- वाल्किरी, वाल्कीरी, वाल्केरी
valkyrie in Tamil
- any of the female attendants, or handmaidens of Odin
- வால்கெய்ரி vālkeyri
valkyrie in Marathi
- वाल्किरी, वाल्कीरी, वॉल्किरी
valkyrie in Urdu
- والکیری, والکائری
More languagesFewer languages
- valkyrie in Bengali
- ভ্যালকাইরি, ভলকাইরি
- valkyrie in Telugu
- వాల్కిరీ, వాల్కైరీ, వాల్కిరి
- valkyrie in Malayalam
- വാൽക്കൈറി, വാൽക്കിരി, വാൽക്കിറി
- valkyrie in Kannada
- ವಾಲ್ಕಿರಿ, ವಾಲ್ಕೈರಿ, ವಾಲ್ಕಿರೀ
- valkyrie in Punjabi
- ਵਾਲਕੀਰੀ, ਵਾਲਕਾਈਰੀ, ਵਾਲਕਾਇਰੀ
- valkyrie in Gujarati
- વાલ્કિરી, વાલ્કીરી, વાલ્કેરી
- valkyrie in Odia
- ଭଲ୍କିରି, ଭଲ୍କେରି, ଭାଲ୍କିରି
- valkyrie in Nepali
- वाल्किरी, वाल्कीरी, वाल्केरी
- valkyrie in Tagalog
- balkirya
- valkyrie in Arabic
- فَالْكِيرِي fālkīrī
- valkyrie in Persian
- والکیری vâlkiri
- valkyrie in Thai
- วาลคิรี
Forms of valkyrie
| plural | valkyries |
|---|---|
| alternative form | Valkyria |
| alternative form | Valkyrie |
| alternative form | Walkyrie |
| plural | Valkyries |
Origin of valkyrie
Borrowed from Old Norse valkyrja sg (“chooser of the slain”), plural valkyrjur pl, from Proto-Germanic *walakuzjǭ. Cognate to Old English wælcyrġe. First attested in English as a proper noun (Valkyries) in the 1770s; attested as a common noun (valkyries) since the 1880s.
The proper noun Valkyries was attested before the common noun valkyries. See the entry valkyrie for more.
Words formed from valkyrie
Questions about valkyrie
- What does valkyrie mean?
- Valkyrie means any of the female attendants of Odin, figures said to guide fallen warriors from the battlefield to Valhalla.
- What is valkyrie in Hindi?
- Valkyrie in Hindi is वाल्किरी, वाल्कीरी, वाल्केरी. See Valkyrie meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is valkyrie?
- Valkyrie is a noun.
- How do you pronounce valkyrie?
- Valkyrie is pronounced /ˈvælˌkɪ.ɹi/ (UK).
- What is the plural of valkyrie?
- The plural of valkyrie is valkyries.
Words near valkyrie in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: valkyrie (page history and authors); Valkyrie (page history and authors); valkyrie (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); valkyrie (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); valkyrie (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); valkyrie (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); valkyrie (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); valkyrie (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); valkyrie (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); valkyrie (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); valkyrie (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); valkyrie (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); valkyrie (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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