"Daphne" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /ˈdæfni/ [UK, US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Daphne.wav [Southern-England]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek δάφνη (dáphnē, “laurel, bay”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|grc|δάφνη||laurel, bay}} Ancient Greek δάφνη (dáphnē, “laurel, bay”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Daphne
  1. (Greek mythology) A dryad pursued by Apollo, who was turned into a laurel tree by the river god Peneus. Tags: Greek Categories (topical): Greek deities Translations (mythological dryad): Δάφνη (Dáphnē) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), دافني [feminine] (Arabic), Dafne [feminine] (Catalan), Dafné [feminine] (Czech), Dafno (Esperanto), Daphné [feminine] (French), Δάφνη (Dáfni) [feminine] (Greek), Dafnae [feminine] (Irish), Dafne [feminine] (Italian), ダプネー (Dapunē) (Japanese), 다프네 (Dapeune) (Korean), Daphnē [feminine] (Latin), Dafne [feminine] (Polish), Dafne [feminine] (Portuguese), Да́фна (Dáfna) [feminine] (Russian), Dafne [feminine] (Spanish), Dafni (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-Daphne-en-name-df2SBSCb Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences Disambiguation of 'mythological dryad': 68 3 29
  2. (astronomy) 41 Daphne, a main belt asteroid. Categories (topical): Astronomy, Asteroids Synonyms: 41 Daphne [astronomy, natural-sciences], [astronomy, natural-sciences], Daphnë Translations (Asteroid): 桂神星 (Guìshénxīng) (Chinese Mandarin)
    Sense id: en-Daphne-en-name-7ycXHgmM Disambiguation of Asteroids: 22 55 23 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 41 28 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 29 56 15 Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'Asteroid': 16 62 22
  3. A female given name from Ancient Greek. Categories (topical): English female given names, English given names Translations (female given name): 達夫妮 (Chinese Mandarin), 达夫妮 (Dáfūní) (Chinese Mandarin), Daphné [feminine] (French), Δάφνη (Dáfni) [feminine] (Greek), דַּפְנָה (Dafná) (Hebrew), Dafne [feminine] (Italian), Defne [feminine] (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-Daphne-en-name-G1A8salx Disambiguation of 'female given name': 3 1 96

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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Daphné"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "Dáfni",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Δάφνη"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "Dafná",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "דַּפְנָה"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Dafne"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Defne"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "41 Daphne",
    "Daphne"
  ],
  "word": "Daphne"
}

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