ninfa

Italian

Etymology

From Latin nympha or nymphe (“nymph”), from Ancient Greek νύμφη (númphē, “young woman, nymph”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnin.fa/
• Rhymes: -infa
• Hyphenation: nìn‧fa

Noun

ninfa f (plural ninfe)

1. nymph

Further reading

• ninfa in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Lombard

Etymology

From Latin nympha or nymphe (“nymph”), from Ancient Greek νύμφη (númphē, “young woman, nymph”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈniɱfa/ (Western, Eastern)
• Hyphenation: nin‧fa

Noun

ninfa f (plural ninfe)

1. nymph

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• nympha (pre-standardization spelling)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin nympha, from Ancient Greek νύμφη (númphē, “young woman, nymph”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnĩ.fɐ/

• Rhymes: -ĩfɐ
• Hyphenation: nin‧fa

Noun

ninfa f (plural ninfas)

1. nymph

Derived terms

• ninfeta

Further reading

• “ninfa” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin nympha (“nymph”), from Ancient Greek νύμφη (númphē, “young woman, nymph”). Second sense from cacatúa ninfa, or from the first sense - see Nymphicus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈninfa/ [ˈnĩɱ.fa]
• Rhymes: -infa
• Syllabification: nin‧fa

Noun

ninfa f (plural ninfas)

1. nymph
2. cockatiel (a small, rather atypical cockatoo with a distinctive pointed yellow crest)

   Synonyms: cacatúa ninfa, carolina, cocotilla

Hyponyms

• dríada, dríade
• náyade
• nereida
• oceánide
• sirena

Further reading

• “ninfa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024