name · noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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/ˈʌndiːn/
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CMU ARPABET:AH1 N D IY2 N
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
name
Meaning 1
A female given name from Latin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: regional
Topics: fiction, literature, media, publishing
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2
noun
Meaning 2
A female water-sprite or nymph.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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3
noun
Meaning 3
The elemental being of water.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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4
noun
Meaning 4
a small flask used to apply lotions to the eye.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, sciences
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5
noun
Meaning 5
any of various female water spirits
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: water sprite, water nymph, water spirit
History
Etymology
From German Undine (“undine”), first used as a given name in the novel Undine by Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué and in 19th-century operas based on the book.
From German Undine, from New Latin undīna, from Latin unda (“wave”).
Across languages
Translations
20 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
нимфа
(nimfa)
— female water-sprite or nymph
Bulgarian:
ундина
(undina)
— female water-sprite or nymph
Catalan:
ondina
— female water-sprite or nymph
Esperanto:
akvofeino
— female water-sprite or nymph
Esperanto:
undino
— female water-sprite or nymph
Finnish:
undiini
— female water-sprite or nymph
French:
ondine
— female water-sprite or nymph
German:
Undine
— female water-sprite or nymph
Greek:
νεράιδα
(neráida)
— female water-sprite or nymph
Hungarian:
sellő
— female water-sprite or nymph
Italian:
ondina
— female water-sprite or nymph
Japanese:
ウンディーネ
(undīne)
— female water-sprite or nymph
Korean:
물의 요정
(murui yojeong)
— female water-sprite or nymph
Korean:
운디네
(undine)
— female water-sprite or nymph
Polish:
ondyna
— female water-sprite or nymph
Portuguese:
ondina
— female water-sprite or nymph
Romanian:
ondină
— female water-sprite or nymph
Russian:
ни́мфа
(nímfa)
— female water-sprite or nymph
Russian:
унди́на
(undína)
— female water-sprite or nymph