nymphe

== English == === Noun === nymphe (plural nymphes or nymphae) (rare or archaic) Alternative spelling of nymph. == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French, from Old French nimphe, borrowed from Latin nympha or nymphē (“nymph”), from Ancient Greek νύμφη (númphē, “young woman, nymph”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /nɛ̃f/ Homophone: nymphes Hyphenation: nymphe === Noun === nymphe f (plural nymphes) (Greek mythology) nymph ==== Descendants ==== → Turkish: nemf === Further reading === “nymphe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Latin == === Alternative forms === nympha === Etymology === From Ancient Greek νύμφη (númphē, “bride, nymph”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈnym.pʰeː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈnim.fe] === Noun === nymphē f (genitive nymphēs); first declension alternative form of nympha ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun (feminine, Greek-type, nominative singular in -ē). === References === “nymphe”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers == Middle English == === Noun === nymphe alternative form of nimphe