harpy

Signification (Anglais)

1. A mythological creature generally depicted as a bird-of-prey with the head of a maiden, a face pale with hunger and long claws on her hands personifying the destructive power of storm winds.
2. (derogatory) A shrewish woman.
3. One who is rapacious or ravenous; an extortioner.
4. Any of a number of eagle-like birds of prey of the subfamily Harpiinae, especially the species Harpia harpyja.
5. The European moor buzzard or marsh harrier (Circus aeruginosus).

Concepts

harpie

chipie

🐮

rosse

sirène

🧜‍♀️

aigle féroce

salope

harpia harpyja

garce

👧

renarde

Synonymes

harpy bat

harpy eagle

vixen

Harpia harpyja

tube-nosed bat

tube-nosed fruit bat

harridan

beast of prey

hellcat

witch

Harpy

harrier eagle

ball-breaker

ball-buster

slime eel

borer

crone

gorgon

grandmother

hag

ogress

predator

termagant

Traductions

arpia

arpía

harpia

harpij

Harpyie

harpia

strega

harpía

Zuidamerikaanse arend

άρπυια

Harpyia

megera

Hexe

befana

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈhɑɹpi/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Ultimately from Middle French harpie, from Latin harpyia, from Ancient Greek ἅρπυιᾰ (hárpuiă, literally “snatcher”), from ἁρπάζω (harpázō, “I snatch, seize”). Compare rapacious. Middle English had arpie.