nympha

English

Etymology

From Latin nympha, from Ancient Greek νύμφη (númphē, “bride, nymph”).

Pronunciation
  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈnɪmfə/

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
Hylas et nymphae (Hylas and the Nymphs)

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek νύμφη (númphē, “bride, nymph”). Confer with Latin lympha.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈnym.pʰa/, [ˈnʏm.pʰa]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈnim.fa/
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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

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative nympha nymphae
Genitive nymphae nymphārum
Dative nymphae nymphīs
Accusative nympham nymphās
Ablative nymphā nymphīs
Vocative nympha nymphae

Derived terms

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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