nymphomania

English

Etymology

New Latin, from Latin nympha (“labia minora”) +‎ -mania. By surface analysis, nympho- +‎ mania.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /nɪmfəˈmeɪnɪə/

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• Rhymes: -eɪniə

Noun

nymphomania (countable and uncountable, plural nymphomanias)

1. Excess of sexual behaviour or desire in women.

   Synonyms: (now historical) furor uterinus, (obsolete) œstromania

   Hypernym: hypersexuality

   Coordinate term: satyriasis

Related terms

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

Translations

excess of sexual behaviour or desire in women

• Catalan: nimfomania f
• Chinese:

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

• Czech: nymfomanie (cs) f
• Danish: nymfomani c
• Dutch: nymfomanie (nl) f
• Finnish: nymfomania (fi)
• French: nymphomanie (fr) f, andromanie (fr) f
• Galician: ninfomanía f
• German: Nymphomanie (de) f
• Italian: ninfomania (it) f, andromania f
• Japanese: 女子色情症 (じょししきじょう, joshi shikijōshō), ニンフォマニア (ninfomania)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: nymfomani m

  Nynorsk: nymfomani m

• Portuguese: ninfomania (pt) f
• Russian: нимфома́ния (ru) f (nimfománija), андрома́ния f (andrománija)
• Sicilian: ninfumanìa f
• Spanish: ninfomanía (es) f
• Swedish: nymfomani (sv) c

Further reading

• hypersexuality on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• hypersexual disorder on Wikipedia.Wikipedia