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sibyl¹

  • /ˈsɪ.bəl/
  • [ˈsɪ.bɫ̩]

Sounds like Cybil, Cybill, Sibyl, Sybil

Where it comes from

From Latin Sibylla, from Ancient Greek Σίβυλλα (Síbulla).

noun sibyls · Sibyl · Sybill

  1. A pagan female oracle or prophetess, especially the Cumaean sibyl. A Sybill that had numbred in the world The Sun to courſe, two hundred compaſſes, In her Prophetticke furie ſow'd the Worke:

Sibyl²

  • /ˈsɪ.bəl/

Where it comes from

Latin Sibylla, Ancient Greek Σίβυλλα (Síbulla, “sibyl”), name of ancient Greek prophetesses.

proper noun Sybil · Sybill · Cybil · Cybill

  1. A female given name from Ancient Greek. Be she as foul as Florentius' love, / As old as Sibyl, and as curst and shrewd / As Socrates' Xanthippe, or worse, / She moves me not.
  2. Alternative letter-case form of sibyl

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noun a pagan female oracle

Españolsibila
Portuguêssibila
Françaissibylle
DeutschSibylle
Italianosibilla
ΕλληνικάΣίβυλλα Sívylla
Русскийсиви́лла sivílla

name female given name

DeutschSibylle

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@misc{sibyl_2026,
  title = {sibyl},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sibyl},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}