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nympha

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

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nymphs

English

Noun

nymphs

  1. plural of nymph

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