pixie

Значение (Английский)

1. A playful sprite or elflike or fairy-like creature.
2. (slang) A cute, petite woman with short hair.
3. An upper-atmospheric optical phenomenon associated with thunderstorms, a short-lasting pinpoint of light on the surface of convective domes that produces a gnome.
4. A butterfly of the genus Melanis.
5. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of pixie cut.

Синонимы

pixy

pyxie

gremlin

Pyxidanthera barbulata

elf

🧝

hob

fairy

🧚

fay

brownie

imp

👿

bugbear

goblin

gnome

sprite

troll

🧌

hobgoblin

Переводы

folletto

🧝

lutin

👿

Elfe

fata

🧚

duende

Fee

🧚

elfe

🧝

elfo

🧝

hada

🧚

Kobold

sylphide

gnom

gremlin

gremlins

fée

🧚

Произносится как (IPA)

/ˈpɪksi/

Этимология (Английский)

Uncertain; 17thC, originally in the folklore of southwest England; perhaps diminutive of Swedish pysk (“fairy”); perhaps Puck + -sy; see Wikipedia.