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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnĩ.fɐ/

  • Hyphenation: nin‧fa

Noun

ninfa f (plural ninfas)

  1. nymph

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).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ninfa f (plural ninfas)

  1. nymph

Hyponyms

Further reading

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