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Satyr

Noun CEFR B1
ˈsætə

Definitions

  1. A sylvan deity or demigod, male companion of Pan or Dionysus, represented as part man and part goat, and characterized by riotous merriment and lasciviousness, sometimes pictured with a perpetual erection.
  2. Synonym of faun.
  3. A lecherous man.
  4. Any of various butterflies of the nymphalid subfamily Satyrinae, having brown wings marked with eyelike spots; a meadow brown.
  5. The orangutan.

Equivalents

Españolsátiro
Françaissatyre
DeutschSatyr
18 more languages
Catalàsàtir
Ελληνικάσάτυρος
Suomisatyyri
Galegosátiro
Bahasa Indonesiasatir
Italianosatiro
한국어사튀로스
Kurdîşatir
Latinasatyrus
Polskifaunsatyr
Portuguêssátiro
Românăsatir
Русскийсатир
Svenskasatyr
Türkçesatir

Examples

Rough Satyrs danced; and Fauns, with cloven heel, / From the glad sound would not be absent long. male variation of nymphs

CEFR level

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