Ophelia
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Ophelia
- /ɒˈfiː.lɪə/ UK
- /əʊˈfiː.lɪə/ UK
- /əˈfiː.lɪə/ UK
- /oʊˈfi.əl.jə/ US
- /oʊˈfi.li.ə/ US
Sounds like aphelia (one pronunciation) · Rhymes with -iːliə
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Italian Ofelia, coined by the poet Jacopo Sannazaro in his poem Arcadia (1504), probably from the Ancient Greek ὠφέλειᾰ (ōphéleiă, “help, aid, succour”). The name was used by William Shakespeare for the daugher of Polonius and ill-fated love interest of Hamlet. The moon (of Uranus) is named after this character. Doublet of anopheles
proper noun
- A female given name from Ancient Greek. I lov’d Ophelia: forty thousand brothers // Could not, with all their quantity of love, // Make up my sum.
- A moon of Uranus.
Translations
Talk about this word "Ophelia." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ophelia. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. Ophelia. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ophelia "Ophelia." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ophelia.Cite this
@misc{ophelia_2026,
title = {Ophelia},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ophelia},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
