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Dictionary: un·dine   (ŭn-dēn', ŭn'dēn') pronunciation

n.
In the occult philosophy of Paracelsus, a being having water as its element.

[New Latin undīna, from Latin unda, wave.]


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undine (əndēn', ŭn'dēn), in folklore, female water sprite who could acquire a soul by marrying a human being. If, however, her lover proved unfaithful, she had to return to the sea. The legend is the subject of Baron de La Motte-Fouqué's Undine and Jean Giraudoux's Ondine.


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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: any of various water spirits


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Undine, Undines, Undina, or Ondine are sometimes interchangeable and may refer to:

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In literature and painting

In music and ballet

  • Sonata Undine, a Romantic sonata for flute and piano (in E-minor) by Carl Reinecke
  • Ondine, a movement of the piano piece Gaspard de la nuit by Maurice Ravel (1906)
  • Ondine, ou La naïade, a ballet with music by Cesare Pugni and choreography by Jules Perrot, first produced in 1843
  • Ondine (ballet), a ballet with music by Hanz Werner Henze and choreography by Frederick Ashton, first produced in 1958 for the Royal Ballet
  • Undine, a prelude for piano by Claude Debussy (1911–13)
  • Ondine, a song by They Might Be Giants, from the album Back to Skull
  • Undine, a song by Yui Makino, from the album Tenkyuu no Ongaku

In opera

In film

  • The Loves of Ondine, a film by Andy Warhol
  • Ondine (film), a film by Irish film maker Neil Jordan

In science

In ships

  • HMS Undine, eight ships in the Royal Navy
  • USS Undine, two ships in the United States Navy
  • MV Undine, a ro-ro ferry (11854t, 1991) owned by Cobefret Ferries of Belgium

In video games

In popular culture

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Ondine
Albert Lortzing (person)
Undine geht (work)

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