Gremlin — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

(folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/hˈɛdzmɛn/

🇬🇧British English

/ɡɹˈɛmlɪn/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ɡɹˈɛmlɪn/

2 syllables Say it as /hˈɛdzmɛn/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

imp pixy elf brownie pixie hob

Around the World

Europe

🇫🇷French

diablotin

(folklore) fées quelque peu espiègles

🇪🇸Spanish

duendecillo

(folclore) hadas que son algo traviesas

🇮🇹Italian

gremlino

fate (folcloristiche) che sono un po' dispettose

🇷🇺Russian

гремлин

(фольклорные) феи, несколько озорные

India

🇮🇳Hindi

दुष्टात्मा

(लोककथा) परियाँ जो कुछ हद तक शरारती होती हैं

🇧🇩Bengali

গ্রেমলিন

(লোককথা) পরী যে কিছুটা দুষ্টু

🇮🇳Tamil

கிரெம்லின்

(நாட்டுப்புறவியல்) தேவதைகள் ஓரளவு குறும்புத்தனமானவை

🇮🇳Telugu

గ్రెమ్లిన్

(జానపదం) కొంతవరకు కొంటెగా ఉండే యక్షిణులు

🇮🇳Gujarati

ગ્રેમલિન

(લોકસાહિત્ય) પરીઓ જે કંઈક અંશે તોફાની છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ಗ್ರೆಮ್ಲಿನ್

(ಜಾನಪದ) ಸ್ವಲ್ಪ ಚೇಷ್ಟೆಯ ಯಕ್ಷಯಕ್ಷಿಣಿಯರು

🇮🇳Malayalam

ഗ്രെംലിൻ

(നാടോടിക്കഥകൾ) അൽപ്പം വികൃതിയായ യക്ഷികൾ

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

格林姆林

（民间传说）有些顽皮的仙女

🇯🇵Japanese

グレムリン

（民間伝承）ちょっといたずら好きな妖精

🇰🇷Korean

그렘린

(민속) 다소 장난꾸러기인 요정

🇻🇳Vietnamese

con quái vật

(văn học dân gian) những nàng tiên có phần tinh nghịch

🇹🇭Thai

เกรมลิน

(คติชน) นางฟ้าที่ค่อนข้างจะซุกซน

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

شبح

(الفولكلور) الجنيات المؤذية إلى حد ما

🇮🇷Persian

گرملین

(فولکلور) پری هایی که تا حدودی شیطنت می کنند

🇮🇱Hebrew

גרמלין

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