harpy

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• General-American: /ˈhɑɹpi/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈhɑːpi/
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• rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)pi
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Ultimately from Middle French harpie, from Latin harpyia, from Ancient Greek ἅρπυιᾰ (hárpuiă, literally “snatcher”), from ἁρπάζω (harpázō, “to snatch, seize”). Compare rapacious. Middle English had arpie.

51 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Asturian: harpía — fabulous winged monster with the face of a woman
• Bulgarian: ха́рпия (hárpija) — fabulous winged monster with the face of a woman
• Catalan: harpia — fabulous winged monster with the face of a woman
• Chinese Mandarin: 哈比 (habǐ) — fabulous winged monster with the face of a woman
• Chinese Mandarin: 鹰身女妖 (yīngshēnnǚyāo) — fabulous winged monster with the face of a woman
• Czech: harpyje — fabulous winged monster with the face of a woman
• Danish: harpy — fabulous winged monster with the face of a woman
• Dutch: harpij — fabulous winged monster with the face of a woman
• Esperanto: harpio — fabulous winged monster with the face of a woman
• Finnish: harpyija — fabulous winged monster with the face of a woman
• French: harpie — fabulous winged monster with the face of a woman
• Galician: harpía — fabulous winged monster with the face of a woman
• German: Harpyie — fabulous winged monster with the face of a woman
• Greek: άρπυια (árpyia) — fabulous winged monster with the face of a woman
• Ancient Greek: ἅρπυια (hárpuia) — fabulous winged monster with the face of a woman
• Hebrew: הַרְפִּיָּה (hárpiya) — fabulous winged monster with the face of a woman
• Hungarian: hárpia — fabulous winged monster with the face of a woman
• Irish: airp — fabulous winged monster with the face of a woman
• Italian: arpia — fabulous winged monster with the face of a woman
• Japanese: ハルピュイア — fabulous winged monster with the face of a woman
• Korean: 하르피이아 (hareupiia) — fabulous winged monster with the face of a woman
• Latin: harpyia — fabulous winged monster with the face of a woman
• Polish: harpia — fabulous winged monster with the face of a woman
• Portuguese: harpia — fabulous winged monster with the face of a woman
• Romanian: harpie — fabulous winged monster with the face of a woman
• Russian: га́рпия (gárpija) — fabulous winged monster with the face of a woman
• Spanish: arpía — fabulous winged monster with the face of a woman
• Spanish: harpía — fabulous winged monster with the face of a woman
• Swedish: harpya — fabulous winged monster with the face of a woman
• Asturian: harpía — obnoxious, shrewish woman
• Catalan: harpia — obnoxious, shrewish woman
• Danish: furie — obnoxious, shrewish woman
• Dutch: harpij — obnoxious, shrewish woman
• Finnish: harppu — obnoxious, shrewish woman
• French: harpie — obnoxious, shrewish woman
• French: chipie — obnoxious, shrewish woman
• French: rosse — obnoxious, shrewish woman
• Galician: harpía — obnoxious, shrewish woman
• German: Drachen — obnoxious, shrewish woman
• Hungarian: hárpia — obnoxious, shrewish woman
• Polish: harpia — obnoxious, shrewish woman
• Portuguese: harpia — obnoxious, shrewish woman
• Romanian: scorpie — obnoxious, shrewish woman
• Russian: га́рпия (gárpija) — obnoxious, shrewish woman
• Russian: меге́ра (megéra) — obnoxious, shrewish woman
• Russian: сте́рва (stérva) — obnoxious, shrewish woman
• Scottish Gaelic: badhbh — obnoxious, shrewish woman
• Scottish Gaelic: galla — obnoxious, shrewish woman
• Spanish: arpía — obnoxious, shrewish woman
• Finnish: harpyija — bird of prey of the subfamily Harpiinae
• Portuguese: uiraçu — bird of prey of the subfamily Harpiinae