nimphe
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French
[edit]Noun
[edit]nimphe f (plural nimphes)
Middle English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old French nimphe, from Latin nympha, from Ancient Greek νύμφη (númphē).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]nimphe (plural nimphes)
- nymph (mythological being)
Descendants
[edit]- English: nymph
References
[edit]- “nimphe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-05.
Old French
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Noun
[edit]nimphe oblique singular, f (oblique plural nimphes, nominative singular nimphe, nominative plural nimphes)
- nymph (minor female deity)
Descendants
[edit]- French: nymphe
- → Middle Dutch: nymphe
- Dutch: nimf
- → Middle English: nimphe, nymphe, nemphe
- English: nymph
References
[edit]- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (nymphe, supplement)
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- enm:Greek mythology
- enm:Female people
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