name
Meaning 1
A female given name from Ancient Greek.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
sibyl
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈsɪ.bəl/
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[ˈsɪ.bɫ̩]
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homophone: Cybil
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homophone: Cybill
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homophone: Sibyl
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homophone: Sybil
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CMU ARPABET: S IH1 B AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
Alternative letter-case form of sibyl.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
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noun
Meaning 3
A pagan female oracle or prophetess, especially the Cumaean sibyl.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 4
(ancient Rome) a woman who was regarded as an oracle or prophet
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: prophet, prophesier, oracle, seer, vaticinator
noun
Meaning 5
a woman who tells fortunes
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: fortuneteller, fortune teller
History
Etymology
Latin Sibylla, Ancient Greek Σίβυλλα (Síbulla, “sibyl”), name of ancient Greek prophetesses.
From Latin Sibylla, from Ancient Greek Σίβυλλα (Síbulla).
Across languages
Translations
26 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Middle Armenian: Սիպիլ (Sipil) — female given name
- Old Armenian: Սիբիլլա (Sibilla) — female given name
- Old Armenian: Սիբիղղա (Sibiłła) — female given name
- Czech: Sibyla — female given name
- Estonian: Pille — female given name
- German: Sibylle — female given name
- Polish: Sybilla — female given name
- Swedish: Sibylla — female given name
- Asturian: sibila — a pagan female oracle
- Bulgarian: пророчица (proročica) — a pagan female oracle
- Catalan: sibil·la — a pagan female oracle
- French: sibylle — a pagan female oracle
- German: Sibylle — a pagan female oracle
- Greek: Σίβυλλα (Sívylla) — a pagan female oracle
- Ancient Greek: Σίβυλλα (Síbulla) — a pagan female oracle
- Irish: sibille — a pagan female oracle
- Italian: sibilla — a pagan female oracle
- Latin: Sibylla — a pagan female oracle
- Old Norse: vǫlva — a pagan female oracle
- Polish: sybilla — a pagan female oracle
- Portuguese: sibila — a pagan female oracle
- Russian: сиви́лла (sivílla) — a pagan female oracle
- Spanish: sibila — a pagan female oracle
- Swedish: sibylla — a pagan female oracle
- Swedish: völva — a pagan female oracle
- Swedish: vala — a pagan female oracle
Real reading context