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Nymph of a mantis.
From Middle English nimphe, from Old English nymphē and Old French nimphe, both from Latin nympha (“nymph, bride”), from Ancient Greek νύμφη (númphē, “bride”). Doublet of nympha.
nymph (plural nymphs or nymphae)
Hylas and the Nymphs by John William Waterhouse, 1896
- (Greek mythology, Roman mythology) Any female nature spirit associated with water, forests, grotto, wind, etc.
Hyponyms: dryad, naiad, Oceanid, oread - A young girl, especially one who is attractive, beautiful or graceful.
Synonyms: lolita, nymphet, nymphette - (entomology) The larva of certain insects.
Synonyms: instar, naiad - (entomology) Any of various butterflies of the family Nymphalidae.
insect larva
- Armenian: հարսնյակ (hy) (harsnyak)
- Catalan: nimfa (ca) f
- Chinese:
Mandarin: 若蟲 / 若虫 (zh) (ruòchóng) - Czech: nymfa f
- Danish: nymfe c
- Dutch: nimf (nl) f
- Finnish: nymfi (fi)
- French: nymphe (fr) f
- Galician: ninfa f
- Greek: νύμφη (el) f (nýmfi), χρυσαλλίδα (el) f (chrysallída)
- Hungarian: lárva (hu)
- Irish: nimfeach f
- Italian: ninfa (it) f
- Japanese: ニンフ (ja) (ninfu), 若虫 (わかむし, wakamushi)
- Macedonian: ла́рва f (lárva)
- Māori: pokopoko
- Norwegian:
Bokmål: nymfe (no) m or f
Nynorsk: nymfe f - Polish: nimfa (pl) f
- Portuguese: ninfa (pt) f
- Romanian: nimfă (ro) f
- Russian: личи́нка (ru) (ličínka)
- Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ни̑мфа f
Latin: nȋmfa (sh) f - Spanish: ninfa (es) f
- Swedish: nymf (sv) c
- Welsh: nymff f
mythology: water, forest or mountain spirit
- Bulgarian: нимфа (bg) f (nimfa)
- Catalan: nimfa (ca) f
- Czech: nymfa f
- Danish: nymfe c
- Dutch: nimf (nl) f
- Erzya: ведюрьва (veďuŕva)
- Esperanto: nimfo (eo)
- Estonian: nümf
- Finnish: nymfi (fi)
- French: nymphe (fr) f
- Galician: ninfa f
- German: Nymphe (de) f
- Greek: νύμφη (el) f (nýmfi)
Ancient Greek: νύμφη f (númphē) - Hungarian: nimfa (hu)
- Ido: nimfo (io)
- Irish: bé choille f
- Italian: ninfa (it) f
- Japanese: ニンフ (ja) (ninfu), 妖精 (ja) (ようせい, yōsei), ニュンペー (nyunpē)
- Latin: nympha f
- Macedonian: ни́мфа f (nímfa)
- Norwegian:
Bokmål: nymfe (no) m or f
Nynorsk: nymfe f - Old English: ielfen f
- Polish: nimfa (pl) f
- Portuguese: ninfa (pt) f
- Romanian: nimfă (ro) f
- Russian: ни́мфа (ru) f (nímfa)
- Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ни̑мфа f, ру̀са̄лка f, ви́ла f
Latin: nȋmfa (sh) f, rùsālka (sh) f, víla (sh) f - Spanish: ninfa (es) f, ondina f, hénide f (meadow nymph, poetic), oréade (es) f (forest nymph), oréada (es) f (forest nymph), orea (es) f (of a forest), náyade (es) f (river nymph), potámide f (river nymph)
- Swahili: nimfi
- Swedish: nymf (sv) c
- Thai: นางไม้ (naang máai)
- Volapük: neüf (vo)
young girl who may inspire lust
- Abkhaz: анимфа (animfa), аӡызлан (adzəzlan)
- Chinese:
Mandarin: 美女 (zh) (měinǚ) - Finnish: lolita
- Galician: ninfa f
- German: Nymphomanin (de)
- Greek: (pejorative) νυμφίδιο (el) n (nymfídio)
- Italian: ninfa (it) f, sirenetta f
- Japanese: 美女 (ja) (びじょ, bijo), 乙女 (ja) (おとめ, otome)
- Macedonian: уба́вица f (ubávica), ни́мфа f (nímfa)
- Norwegian:
Bokmål: nymfe (no) m or f
Nynorsk: nymfe f - Portuguese: ninfa (pt) f
- Russian: краса́вица (ru) f (krasávica), красо́тка (ru) f (krasótka), ни́мфа (ru) f (nímfa)
- Scottish Gaelic: ainnir f
- Spanish: ninfa (es) f, nínfula (es) f
- Swahili: mwanamwali (sw)
- Swedish: nymf (sv) c
nymph (third-person singular simple present nymphs, present participle nymphing, simple past and past participle nymphed)