nymphomania

English

Etymology

Modern Latin, from Latin nympha (“labia minora”) +‎ -mania.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /nɪmfəˈmeɪnɪə/
Rhymes: -eɪniə

Noun

nymphomania (countable and uncountable, plural nymphomanias)

Excess of sexual behaviour or desire in women.

Synonyms

œstromania (obsolete)

Related terms

Translations

excess of sexual behaviour or desire in women

Chinese:
Mandarin: 女色情狂 (zh) (nǚ sèqíngkuáng), (andromania) 慕男狂 (zh) (mùnánkuáng)
Czech: nymfomanie f
Danish: nymfomani c
Dutch: nymfomanie (nl) f
Finnish: nymfomania (fi)
French: nymphomanie (fr) f, andromanie (fr) f
German: Nymphomanie (de) f

Italian: ninfomania (it) f, andromania f
Japanese: 女子色情症 (じょししきじょう, joshi shikijōshō), ニンフォマニア (ninfomania)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nymfomani m

Nynorsk: nymfomani m
Portuguese: ninfomania (pt) f
Russian: нимфома́ния (ru) f (nimfománija), андрома́ния f (andrománija)

See also

satyriasis

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