nimfa

Borrowed from Latin nympha, from Ancient Greek νύμφη (númphē).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈnim.fə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈnim.fa]

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nimfa f (plural nimfes)

1. (Greek mythology, Roman mythology) nymph (water, forest or mountain spirit)
2. (anatomy) labia minora
3. nymph (insect larva)

• nimfal
• paranimf

• “nimfa”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Learned borrowing from Latin nympha.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɲim.fa/

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• Rhymes: -imfa
• Syllabification: nim‧fa

nimfa f

1. (Greek mythology, Roman mythology) nymph (water, forest, or mountain spirit)
2. (entomology) nymph (insect larva)
3. cockatiel

• nimfa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• nimfa in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• IPA^(key): /nîːmfa/
• Hyphenation: nim‧fa

nȋmfa f (Cyrillic spelling ни̑мфа)

1. (mythology) nymph
2. nymph (insect larva)