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banshee
English
Alternative forms
- banshie (dated)
- benshee (obsolete)
Etymology
From Irish bean sí, from Old Irish ben síde (literally “woman of the fairy mound”). The term banshee entered English in 1771.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bæn??i?/, /?bæn?i?/
Noun
banshee (plural banshees)
- (Irish folklore) A female spirit, usually taking the form of a woman whose mournful wailing warns of an impending death.
- (derogatory) A noisy or ill-tempered woman.
Usage notes
- A banshee was originally merely a fairy woman who sang a caoineadh (lament) for recently-deceased members of certain families. Translations of Irish works into English made a distinction between the banshee and other fairy folk that the original language and original stories do not seem to have, but from which sprung the current image of the banshee.
Descendants
Translations
See also
- sidhe
Anagrams
- has-been, shabeen, shebean
Portuguese
Noun
banshee f (plural banshees)
- (Irish folklore) banshee (a female spirit who warns of impending death)
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benshee
English
Noun
benshee (plural benshees)
- Obsolete form of banshee.
Anagrams
- shebeen
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