nymph
English
/ˈnɪmf/
noun
Definitions
- (Greek) Any female nature spirit associated with water, forests, grotto, wind, etc.
- A young girl, especially one who is attractive, beautiful or graceful.
- (entomology) The larva of certain insects.
- (entomology) Any of various butterflies of the family .
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English nimphe derived from French nimphe derived from Latin nympha (nymph, bride, labia minora) derived from Ancient Greek νύμφη (bride, nymph, young wife).
Origin
Ancient Greek
νύμφη
Gloss
bride, nymph, young wife
Concept
Semantic Field
Kinship
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- nymphal English
- nymphet English
- nymphetry English
- nymphic English
- nymphine English
- nymphing English
- nymphiparous English
- nymphish English
- nymphlike English
- nymphly English
- nymphoid English
- nymphologist English
- nymphology English
- nymphomania English
- nymphosis English
- pronymph English
- protonymph English
- protonymphal English
- seminymph English
- water English
- water nymph English
- wood English
- woodnymph English
- lympha Latin
- nympha Latin
- nymphalis Latin
- nymphe Latin
- nimphe French
- νυμφόληπτος Ancient Greek
- νύμφη Ancient Greek
- nymfe Norwegian Bokmål
- ニンフ Japanese
- nymfe Norwegian Nynorsk
- nimphe Middle English
- water-nymph Middle English
- nimphe Old French
- νύμφη Greek (modern)
- nymff Welsh
- nymphe Middle Dutch