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nimfa

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See also: nimfă

Catalan

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin nympha, from Ancient Greek νύμφη (númphē).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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nimfa f (plural nimfes)

  1. (Greek mythology, Roman mythology) nymph (water, forest or mountain spirit)
  2. (anatomy) labia minora
  3. nymph (insect larva)
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Further reading

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Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin nympha.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɲim.fa/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -imfa
  • Syllabification: nim‧fa

Noun

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nimfa f

  1. (Greek mythology, Roman mythology) nymph (water, forest, or mountain spirit)
  2. (entomology) nymph (insect larva)
  3. cockatiel

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Further reading

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  • nimfa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • nimfa in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /nîːmfa/
  • Hyphenation: nim‧fa

Noun

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nȋmfa f (Cyrillic spelling ни̑мфа)

  1. (mythology) nymph
  2. nymph (insect larva)

Declension

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