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
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
Portuguese
Etymology
Latin nympha or nymphe (“nymph”), from Ancient Greek νύμφη (númphē, “young woman, nymph”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnĩ.fɐ/
- Hyphenation: nin‧fa
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
Further reading
- “ninfa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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