Nephele is an English word. Below you'll find 2 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Nephele in a sentence
Nephele meaning
- A cloud nymph who figured prominently in the story of Phrixus and Helle.
- A female given name from Ancient Greek.
Using Nephele
- The main meaning on this page is: A cloud nymph who figured prominently in the story of Phrixus and Helle. | A female given name from Ancient Greek.
Context around Nephele
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 2 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Nephele
- In this selection, "nephele" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, named stand out and add context to how "nephele" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include hera named nephele to test and ixion and nephele the cloud. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "nephele" sits close to words such as aabb, aabria and aacha, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with nephele
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The centaurs were usually said to have been born of Ixion and Nephele (the cloud made in the image of Hera ). (21 words)
After finding a place for Ixion to sleep, Zeus created a cloud-clone of Hera named Nephele to test him to see how much he loved Hera. (27 words)
After finding a place for Ixion to sleep, Zeus created a cloud-clone of Hera named Nephele to test him to see how much he loved Hera. (27 words)
The centaurs were usually said to have been born of Ixion and Nephele (the cloud made in the image of Hera ). (21 words)
Example sentences (2)
After finding a place for Ixion to sleep, Zeus created a cloud-clone of Hera named Nephele to test him to see how much he loved Hera.
The centaurs were usually said to have been born of Ixion and Nephele (the cloud made in the image of Hera ).