nymphe

nymphe (plural nymphes or nymphæ)

1. (rare or archaic) Alternative spelling of nymph

From Old French nimphe, borrowed from Latin nympha or nymphe (“nymph”), from Ancient Greek νύμφη (númphē, “young woman, nymph”).

• IPA^(key): /nɛ̃f/

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• Homophone: nymphes
• Hyphenation: nymphe

nymphe f (plural nymphes)

1. nymph

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

• nympha

From Ancient Greek νύμφη (númphē, “bride, nymph”)

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈnym.pʰeː/, [ˈnʏm.pʰeː]

nymphē f (genitive nymphēs); first declension

1. Alternative form of nympha

First declension, Greek type.

• nymphe in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

nymphe

1. Alternative form of nimphe