limfa

Borrowed from Latin lympha, from Ancient Greek νύμφη (númphē).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈlim.fə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈlim.fa]

limfa f (plural limfes)

1. lymph

• limfàtic

• “limfa”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “limfa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “limfa” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “limfa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Learned borrowing from Latin lympha (literally “water”), from Ancient Greek νῠ́μφη (nŭ́mphē, “bride, young girl; spring water”).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈlimfa/ [ˈlim.fa]
• Rhymes: -imfa
• Syllabification: lim‧fa

limfa (plural limfa-limfa)

1. (physiology) synonym of getah bening (“lymph”)

The word is often confused with limpa (“spleen”).

• “limfa” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Internationalism; ultimately from Latin lympha, from Ancient Greek νύμφη (númphē).

• IPA^(key): [ˈlʲɪmfɐ]
• Hyphenation: lim‧fa

li̇̀mfa f (uncountable) stress pattern 1

1. (physiology) lymph

• “limfa”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2025
• “limfa”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2025
• “limfa”, entry by Renata Šimkūnaitė-Rizgelienė, in Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija (Universal Lithuanian Encyclopedia)

Internationalism; compare English lymph, French lymphe, German Lymphe, ultimately from Latin lympha, from Ancient Greek νύμφη (númphē).

• IPA^(key): /ˈlim.fa/

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• Rhymes: -imfa
• Syllabification: lim‧fa

limfa f (related adjective limfatyczny)

1. (physiology) lymph (colorless, watery, coagulable bodily fluid which bathes the tissues and is carried by the lymphatic system into the bloodstream; it resembles blood plasma in containing white blood cells and especially lymphocytes but normally few red blood cells and no platelets)

   Synonym: chłonka

• limfa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• limfa in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• limfa in PWN's encyclopedia

• IPA^(key): /lîːmfa/
• Hyphenation: lim‧fa

lȋmfa f (Cyrillic spelling ли̑мфа)

1. lymph