different between nympha vs nymphal

English

Etymology

From Latin nympha, from Ancient Greek ????? (númph?, “bride, nymph”). Doublet of nymph.

Pronunciation

• (UK, General American) IPA^(key): /?n?mf?/

Noun

nympha (plural nymphae)

1. (entomology) A nymph.
2. (anatomy, now rare) Each of the labia minora.
3. Each of a pair of processes in certain bivalves, to which the ends of the external ligament are attached.

Interlingua

Noun

nympha (plural nymphas)

1. nymph

Latin

Alternative forms

• nymphe

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????? (númph?, “bride, nymph”). Confer with Latin lympha.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?nym.p?a/, [?n?mp?ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?nim.fa/, [?nimf?]

Noun

nympha f (genitive nymphae); first declension

1. bride, mistress
2. young woman
3. nymph (mythical demi-goddess)
4. pupa or nymph of an insect

Declension

First-declension noun.

Hyponyms

• nympha mar?na (“mermaid”)

Derived terms

• nymph?lis
• nymphigena

Related terms

• nymphaea
• nymph?um

Descendants

References

• nympha in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• nympha in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• nympha in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

English

Etymology

nymph +? -al

Adjective

nymphal (not comparable)

1. of or pertaining to a nymph or nymphs

Synonyms

• nymphean

French

Adjective

nymphal (feminine singular nymphale, masculine plural nymphaux, feminine plural nymphales)

1. nymphal

Further reading

• “nymphal” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).