ninfa

Italian

Etymology

From Latin nympha or nymphe (“nymph”), from Ancient Greek νύμφη (númphē, “young woman, nymph”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnin.fa/
• Rhymes: -infa
• Hyphenation: nìn‧fa

Noun

ninfa f (plural ninfe)

1. nymph

Further reading

• ninfa in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Lombard

Etymology

From Latin nympha or nymphe (“nymph”), from Ancient Greek νύμφη (númphē, “young woman, nymph”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈniɱfa/ (Western, Eastern)
• Hyphenation: nin‧fa

Noun

ninfa f (plural ninfe)

1. nymph

Portuguese

Etymology

Latin nympha or nymphe (“nymph”), from Ancient Greek νύμφη (númphē, “young woman, nymph”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnĩ.fɐ/

• Rhymes: -ĩfɐ
• Hyphenation: nin‧fa

Noun

ninfa f (plural ninfas)

1. nymph

Derived terms

• ninfeta

 

Further reading

• “ninfa” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin nympha (“nymph”), from Ancient Greek νύμφη (númphē, “young woman, nymph”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈninfa/ [ˈnĩɱ.fa]
• Rhymes: -infa
• Syllabification: nin‧fa

Noun

ninfa f (plural ninfas)

1. nymph

Hyponyms

• dríada, dríade
• náyade
• nereida
• oceánide
• sirena

 

Further reading

• “ninfa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28