nimphe
Middle English
/ˈnimf(ə)/
noun
Definitions
- nymph mythological being
Etymology
Borrowed from Old 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
- nymph English
- nymphal English
- nymphet English
- nymphic English
- nymphine English
- nymphing English
- nymphiparous English
- nymphish English
- nymphlike English
- nymphly English
- nymphoid English
- nymphology English
- nymphomania English
- nymphosis English
- pronymph English
- protonymph English
- seminymph English
- water nymph 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 Old French
- νύμφη Greek (modern)
- nymff Welsh
- nymphe Middle Dutch