griffin

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• /ˈɡɹɪfɪn/
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• rhymes with -ɪfɪn
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• homophone: griffin
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• /ˈɡɹɪf.ɪn/
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From Middle English griffoun, from Old French griffon, from Late Latin grȳphus, from Classical Latin grȳps, from Ancient Greek γρῡ́ψ (grū́ps).

81 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Cornish: Grifyuth — male given name
• Cornish: Gryffyn — male given name
• Latin: Griffinus — male given name
• Welsh: Gruffudd — male given name
• Welsh: Gruffydd — male given name
• Afrikaans: griffioen — mythical beast having the body of a lion and the wings and head of an eagle
• Albanian: grifë — mythical beast having the body of a lion and the wings and head of an eagle
• Arabic: فَتْخَاء (fatḵāʔ) — mythical beast having the body of a lion and the wings and head of an eagle
• Armenian: արծվառյուծ (arcvaṙyuc) — mythical beast having the body of a lion and the wings and head of an eagle
• Asturian: grifu — mythical beast having the body of a lion and the wings and head of an eagle
• Azerbaijani: qrifon — mythical beast having the body of a lion and the wings and head of an eagle
• Basque: buitre — mythical beast having the body of a lion and the wings and head of an eagle
• Belarusian: грыфон (hryfón) — mythical beast having the body of a lion and the wings and head of an eagle
• Bulgarian: грифон (grifon) — mythical beast having the body of a lion and the wings and head of an eagle
• Catalan: griu — mythical beast having the body of a lion and the wings and head of an eagle
• Catalan: grif — mythical beast having the body of a lion and the wings and head of an eagle
• Chinese Mandarin: 獅鷲 /狮鹫 (shījiù) — mythical beast having the body of a lion and the wings and head of an eagle
• Czech: gryf — mythical beast having the body of a lion and the wings and head of an eagle
• Danish: grif — mythical beast having the body of a lion and the wings and head of an eagle
• Old Danish: gryph — mythical beast having the body of a lion and the wings and head of an eagle
• Dutch: griffioen — mythical beast having the body of a lion and the wings and head of an eagle
• Esperanto: grifo — mythical beast having the body of a lion and the wings and head of an eagle
• Estonian: greif — mythical beast having the body of a lion and the wings and head of an eagle
• Finnish: aarnikotka — mythical beast having the body of a lion and the wings and head of an eagle
• Finnish: griippi — mythical beast having the body of a lion and the wings and head of an eagle
• French: griffon — mythical beast having the body of a lion and the wings and head of an eagle
• Galician: grifón — mythical beast having the body of a lion and the wings and head of an eagle
• Georgian: გრიფი (gripi) — mythical beast having the body of a lion and the wings and head of an eagle
• German: Greif — mythical beast having the body of a lion and the wings and head of an eagle
• Old High German: grif — mythical beast having the body of a lion and the wings and head of an eagle
• Greek: γρύπας (grýpas) — mythical beast having the body of a lion and the wings and head of an eagle
• Ancient Greek: γρύψ (grúps) — mythical beast having the body of a lion and the wings and head of an eagle
• Hebrew: גריפון (grifón) — mythical beast having the body of a lion and the wings and head of an eagle
• Hebrew: כְּרוּב (kruv) — mythical beast having the body of a lion and the wings and head of an eagle
• Hungarian: griff — mythical beast having the body of a lion and the wings and head of an eagle
• Hungarian: griffmadár — mythical beast having the body of a lion and the wings and head of an eagle
• Icelandic: griffín — mythical beast having the body of a lion and the wings and head of an eagle
• Icelandic: arnljón — mythical beast having the body of a lion and the wings and head of an eagle
• Icelandic: grípr — mythical beast having the body of a lion and the wings and head of an eagle
• Indonesian: griffin — mythical beast having the body of a lion and the wings and head of an eagle
• Irish: gríobh — mythical beast having the body of a lion and the wings and head of an eagle
• Irish: gríobhán — mythical beast having the body of a lion and the wings and head of an eagle
• Old Irish: gríb — mythical beast having the body of a lion and the wings and head of an eagle
• Italian: grifone — mythical beast having the body of a lion and the wings and head of an eagle
• Italian: grifo — mythical beast having the body of a lion and the wings and head of an eagle
• Japanese: グリフォン (gurifon) — mythical beast having the body of a lion and the wings and head of an eagle
• Korean: 그리핀 (geuripin) — mythical beast having the body of a lion and the wings and head of an eagle
• Latin: gryps — mythical beast having the body of a lion and the wings and head of an eagle
• Latvian: grifs — mythical beast having the body of a lion and the wings and head of an eagle
• Lithuanian: grifonas — mythical beast having the body of a lion and the wings and head of an eagle
• Low German: Grip — mythical beast having the body of a lion and the wings and head of an eagle
• Middle Low German: grip — mythical beast having the body of a lion and the wings and head of an eagle
• Macedonian: грифо́н (grifón) — mythical beast having the body of a lion and the wings and head of an eagle
• Malay: griffin — mythical beast having the body of a lion and the wings and head of an eagle
• Manx: greeu — mythical beast having the body of a lion and the wings and head of an eagle
• Medieval Latin: grȳphō — mythical beast having the body of a lion and the wings and head of an eagle
• Norwegian: griff — mythical beast having the body of a lion and the wings and head of an eagle
• Old Norse: gripr — mythical beast having the body of a lion and the wings and head of an eagle
• Persian: شیردال (širdâl) — mythical beast having the body of a lion and the wings and head of an eagle
• Persian: بشکوچ (baškuč) — mythical beast having the body of a lion and the wings and head of an eagle
• Polish: gryf — mythical beast having the body of a lion and the wings and head of an eagle
• Polish: nóg — mythical beast having the body of a lion and the wings and head of an eagle
• Portuguese: grifo — mythical beast having the body of a lion and the wings and head of an eagle
• Romanian: grifon — mythical beast having the body of a lion and the wings and head of an eagle
• Russian: грифо́н (grifón) — mythical beast having the body of a lion and the wings and head of an eagle
• Scottish Gaelic: leòmhann-chraobh — mythical beast having the body of a lion and the wings and head of an eagle
• Scottish Gaelic: grìbhean — mythical beast having the body of a lion and the wings and head of an eagle
• Scottish Gaelic: grìbhinneach — mythical beast having the body of a lion and the wings and head of an eagle
• Scottish Gaelic: grib — mythical beast having the body of a lion and the wings and head of an eagle
• Serbo-Croatian: грифон — mythical beast having the body of a lion and the wings and head of an eagle
• Serbo-Croatian: grifon — mythical beast having the body of a lion and the wings and head of an eagle
• Slovak: gryf — mythical beast having the body of a lion and the wings and head of an eagle
• Slovene: grifin — mythical beast having the body of a lion and the wings and head of an eagle
• Spanish: grifo — mythical beast having the body of a lion and the wings and head of an eagle
• Spanish: grifón — mythical beast having the body of a lion and the wings and head of an eagle
• Swahili: grifoni — mythical beast having the body of a lion and the wings and head of an eagle
• Swedish: grip — mythical beast having the body of a lion and the wings and head of an eagle
• Old Swedish: griper — mythical beast having the body of a lion and the wings and head of an eagle
• Turkish: griffon — mythical beast having the body of a lion and the wings and head of an eagle
• Ukrainian: гриф (hryf) — mythical beast having the body of a lion and the wings and head of an eagle
• Volapük: grifiun — mythical beast having the body of a lion and the wings and head of an eagle