nymphomania

English

Etymology

Modern Latin, from Latin nympha (“labia minora”) + -mania.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /nɪmfəˈmeɪnɪə/
• Rhymes: -eɪniə

Wikipedia

Noun

nymphomania (uncountable)

1. Excess of sexual behaviour or desire in women.

Synonyms

• œstromania (obsolete)

Related terms

• nymph
• nymphet
• nymphette
• nympho
• nymphomaniac
• mania
• -mania

Translations

excess of sexual behaviour or desire in women

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 女色情狂 (cmn) (nǚ sèqíngkuáng), (andromania) 慕男狂 (cmn) (mùnánkuáng)

• Czech: nymfomanie (cs) f
• Danish: nymfomani (da) c
• Dutch: nymfomanie (nl) f
• Finnish: nymfomania (fi)

• French: nymphomanie (fr) f, andromanie (fr) f
• German: Nymphomanie (de) f
• Italian: ninfomania (it) f, andromania (it) f
• Japanese: 女子色情症 (ja) (じょししきじょう, joshi shikijōshō), ニンフォマニア (ja) (ninfomania)
• Russian: нимфомания (ru) (nimfománija) f, андромания (ru) (andrománija) f

See also

• satyriasis