nymphe

nymphe (plural nymphes or nymphae)

1. (rare or archaic) Alternative spelling of nymph.

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

• IPA^(key): /nɛ̃f/

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• Homophone: nymphes
• Hyphenation: nymphe

nymphe f (plural nymphes)

1. (Greek mythology) nymph

• → Turkish: nemf

• “nymphe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• nympha

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

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈnym.pʰeː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈnim.fe]

nymphē f (genitive nymphēs); first declension

1. alternative form of nympha

First-declension noun (Greek-type).

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

nymphe

1. alternative form of nimphe