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Definitions for undine
ʌnˈdin, ˈʌn dinun·dine

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. undinenoun

    any of various female water spirits

Wiktionary

  1. undinenoun

    A female water-sprite or nymph

  2. undinenoun

    The elemental being of water.

  3. Undinenoun

    A female given name from Latin.

    The child, on the contrary, would by no means listen to this, declaring she had been called Undine by her parents, and Undine she would still be called. Now this seemed to me a Pagan name, which stood in no calendar, and therefore I took counsel of a priest in the city.

  4. Etymology: Modern Latin undina, from Latin unda ‘wave’.

Wikipedia

  1. Undine

    Undines (; also ondines) are a category of elemental beings associated with water, stemming from the alchemical writings of Paracelsus. Later writers developed the undine into a water nymph in its own right, and it continues to live in modern literature and art through such adaptations as Danish Hans Christian Andersen's "The Little Mermaid" and the Undine of Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué.

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  1. undine

    An undine is a mythological water spirit or elemental being, usually appearing as a female, found in various forms of European folklore and literature. They are often associated with bodies of water such as rivers, lakes, or oceans. The term "undine" originates from the Latin word "unda," meaning wave or water.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Undinenoun

    one of a class of fabled female water spirits who might receive a human soul by intermarrying with a mortal

Wikidata

  1. Undine

    Undine is a fairy-tale novella by Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué in which Undine, a water spirit, marries a knight named Huldebrand in order to gain a soul. It is an early German romance, which has been translated into English and other languages.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Undine

    un-dēn′, n. a spirit of the waters, a water-nymph, without a soul—they marry readily with men, and an undine herself receives a soul on bearing a child. [L. unda, a wave.]

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

  1. Undine

    a female spirit of the watery element, naturally without, but capable of receiving, a human soul, particularly after being wedded to a man and after giving birth to a child.

Mythology

  1. Undine

    (Un′dine). A water-nymph, or sylph, who, according to fable, might receive a human soul by marrying a mortal.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of undine in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of undine in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

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