nympha

== English == === Etymology === From Latin nympha, from Ancient Greek νύμφη (númphē, “bride, nymph”). Doublet of nymph. === Pronunciation === (UK, General American) IPA(key): /ˈnɪmfə/ Rhymes: -ɪmfə === Noun === nympha (plural nymphae) (entomology) A nymph. (anatomy, now rare) Each of the labia minora. Each of a pair of processes in certain bivalves, to which the ends of the external ligament are attached. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== == Interlingua == === Noun === nympha (plural nymphas) nymph == Latin == === Alternative forms === nymphē === Etymology === Derived from Ancient Greek νύμφη (númphē, “bride, nymph”). Compare with Latin lympha. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈnym.pʰa] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈnim.fa] === Noun === nympha f (genitive nymphae); first declension bride, mistress young woman (Greek mythology) nymph (mythical demigoddess) pupa or nymph of an insect ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Hyponyms ==== nympha marīna (“mermaid”) ==== Derived terms ==== nymphālis nymphigena ==== Related terms ==== nymphaea nymphēum ==== Descendants ==== === References === “nympha”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “nympha”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “nympha”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.