nymphomaniac

English

Etymology

From nymphomania +‎ -ac. By surface analysis, nympho- +‎ -maniac.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌnɪm.fəʊˈmeɪ.niˌæk/
• IPA^(key): /ˌnɪm.foʊˈmeɪ.niˌæk/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -eɪniæk

Noun

nymphomaniac (plural nymphomaniacs)

1. A woman who has an excessive libido.

   Synonym: nympho

   Xenia's such a nymphomaniac that she's not even satisfied with three lovers.

Translations

woman with excessive sexual desire

• Carpathian Rusyn: німфома́нка f (nimfománka)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 女性瘾者 (nǚxìngyǐnzhě), 慕男狂 (zh) (mùnánkuáng)

• Czech: nymfomanka f
• Danish: nymfoman c
• Finnish: nymfomaani (fi)
• French: nymphomane (fr) f
• Galician: ninfómana f
• German: Nymphomanin (de) f
• Greek: νυμφομανής (el) f (nymfomanís), μητρομανής (el) (mitromanís)
• Italian: ninfomane (it) f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: nymfoman m

• Polish: nimfomanka (pl) f
• Portuguese: (Brazil) ninfômana (pt) f, (Portugal) ninfómana f, ninfomaníaca (pt) f
• Russian: нимфома́нка (ru) f (nimfománka)
• Sicilian: ninfòmani m or f
• Spanish: ninfómana (es) f
• Swedish: nymfoman (sv) c
• Turkish: nemfoman (tr), nimfomanyak, seks düşkünü kadın, erkek delisi, seks müptelası kadın, aşırı cinsel arzu gösteren kadın

Adjective

nymphomaniac (comparative more nymphomaniac, superlative most nymphomaniac)

1. Of a woman, having an excessive libido.

   nymphomaniacal

Translations

having excessive sexual desire

• Danish: nymfoman
• Dutch: nymfomaan (nl), nymfomanisch
• Finnish: nymfomaaninen
• French: nymphomane (fr)
• Galician: ninfomaníaco m, ninfomaníaca f
• German: nymphomanisch (de), nymphoman (de)
• Hindi: चुदक्कड़ (hi) (cudakkaṛ)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: nymfoman

  Nynorsk: nymfoman

• Portuguese: ninfomaníaco (pt) m, ninfomaníaca (pt) f
• Sicilian: ninfumanìacu m, ninfumanìaca f
• Spanish: ninfomaníaco
• Swedish: nymfoman (sv)
• Turkish: nemfomanyak

Related terms

• nymphomania

See also

• hypersexuality
• satyromaniac