nymphe

nymphe (plural nymphes or nymphæ)

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) IPA^(key): /ˈnym.pʰeː/, [ˈnʏmpʰeː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈnim.fe/, [ˈnimfe]

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