Mephistopheles

English

Etymology

Schröer suggests a combination of Hebrew mephitz "destroyer" + tophel "liar" (from tophel sheqer, literally "falsehood plasterer, see שֶׁקֶר; cf. Job xiii:4).

Proper noun

Wikipedia

Mephistopheles (or Mephisto)

1. The Devil to whom Faust sold his soul in the legend.

Derived terms

• Mephistophelean

Translations

Devil to whom Faust sold his soul

• Arabic: مفستوفيليس (ar) (mifistufilis) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 梅菲斯托費勒斯 (cmn), 梅菲斯托费勒斯 (cmn) (Méifēisītuōfèilèsī)

• Esperanto: Mefistofelo (eo)
• Finnish: Mefisto (fi), Mefistofeles (fi)
• French: Méphistophélès (fr) m
• German: Mephistopheles (de) m

• Greek: Μεφιστοφελής (el) (Mefistofelís) m
• Japanese: メフィストフェレス (ja) (Mefisutoferesu)
• Polish: Mefistofeles (pl) m
• Portuguese: Mefistófeles (pt) m
• Russian: Мефистофель (ru) (Mefistófel') m
• Spanish: Mefistófeles (es) m