nymphe

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English

Noun

nymphe (plural nymphes or nymphæ)

  1. (rare or archaic) Alternative spelling of nymph

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

nymphe f (plural nymphes)

  1. (Greek mythology) nymph

Descendants

  • → Turkish: nemf

Further reading

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

nymphē f (genitive nymphēs); first declension

  1. Alternative form of nympha

Declension

First-declension noun (Greek-type).

singular plural
nominative nymphē nymphae
genitive nymphēs nymphārum
dative nymphae nymphīs
accusative nymphēn nymphās
ablative nymphē nymphīs
vocative nymphē nymphae

References

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

Middle English

Noun

nymphe

  1. Alternative form of nimphe
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