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Meaning of Pixie | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ˈpɪksi

Definitions

  1. A playful sprite or elflike or fairy-like creature.
  2. A female nickname, also used as a formal given name.
  3. Air Niugini
  4. A cute, petite woman with short hair.
  5. An upper-atmospheric optical phenomenon associated with thunderstorms, a short-lasting pinpoint of light on the surface of convective domes that produces a gnome.
  6. A butterfly of the genus Melanis.
  7. Ellipsis of pixie cut.

Equivalents

العربية الجني بِيكْسِي
Čeština elf skřítek
Deutsch Elfe Kobold
Ελληνικά αερικό ξωτικό
Suomi keiju
Français lutin pixie
Magyar manó
Italiano folletto
日本語 ピクシー
한국어 픽시
Kurdî zana
Português duende
Română spiriduș zână
Русский пи́кси фея эльф
Türkçe peri

Examples

“Then she saw pixies — dozens and dozens of pixies — dancing and singing.”
“When she looked around, Mary saw four pixies flying toward her. She had to jump out of the way to avoid being hit. Then the pixies turned around and attacked again.”
“The servant that had raised him, an elderly pixie called Rolog, had died. On his deathbed he had called the young Captain to his side. Seeing the pixie dying had had no effect on him.”
“Tiffy froze as the two pixies looked directly into each other's eyes. Then Tiffy raised her hand and said, “Hi, I'm Tiffy the Tooth Fairy.” Even though the other pixie lifted her hand too, she didn't answer.”
“Then a pixie appears in the visitor window, round face, big brown eyes framed in thick liner, a tiny turned-up nose, red lips, inch-long blue-black hair so popular with the avant-garde.”
“Petite and narrow-waisted, with a pixie flip of hair the exact color of coffee beans, Abigail could easily pass for sixteen in a pair of ripped jeans and an Abercrombie T-shirt.”
“Petite in the extreme, not even reaching five feet tall, Winchester at her most robust had approached one hundred pounds. No longer the bright-eyed, sophisticated pixie that Isaiah Taber had photographed so many years earlier, Winchester showed a different picture altogether as she lay dying, her fingers and toes knotted and knurled from years of destruction by the painful arthritis.”
“Like magic, Carla transformed from the dainty pixie into a hardcore, no-nonsense businesswoman right before his eyes.”
““Have you thought about a haircut? A pixie or a bob?””
“In a picture posted to Instagram on June 28, the stylish star [Lizzo] showed off her new, lighter brows and a blonde pixie that we suspect comes courtesy of a wig but can't be sure.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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