nimf
Dutch (Brabantic)
/nɪmf/
noun
Definitions
- (Greek mythology) nymph, female lesser divinity of nature
- (entomology) nymph, juvenile form of a hemimetabolous insect
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Dutch nymphe 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
- nymphomania English
- lympha Latin
- nympha Latin
- nymphalis Latin
- nymphe Latin
- berg Dutch, Flemish
- bergnimf Dutch, Flemish
- boom Dutch, Flemish
- boomnimf Dutch, Flemish
- bos Dutch, Flemish
- bosnimf Dutch, Flemish
- hemel Dutch, Flemish
- hemelnimf Dutch, Flemish
- snert Dutch, Flemish
- snertnimf Dutch, Flemish
- zee Dutch, Flemish
- zeenimf Dutch, Flemish
- nimphe French
- νυμφόληπτος Ancient Greek
- νύμφη Ancient Greek
- nymfe Norwegian Bokmål
- nymfe Norwegian Nynorsk
- nimphe Old French
- νύμφη Greek (modern)
- nymff Welsh
- nymphe Middle Dutch