ban·shee
noun/ˈbænʃiː/, /bænˈʃiː/
/ˈbænʃiː/, /bænˈʃiː/
- (in Irish stories) a female spirit who makes a long sad noise as a warning to people that somebody in their family is going to die soon
狺女（爱尔兰传说中以哀嚎预报死讯的女妖） Oxford Collocations DictionaryBanshee is used before these nouns:- wail
Word Originlate 17th cent.: from Irish bean sídhe, from Old Irish ben síde ‘woman of the fairies’.