nimf

From Middle Dutch nymphe. Borrowed from Old or Middle French, from Latin nympha, borrowed from Ancient Greek νύμφη (númphē), of uncertain origin.

• IPA^(key): /nɪmf/

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• Hyphenation: nimf

nimf f (plural nimfen, diminutive nimfje n)

1. (Greek mythology, Roman mythology) nymph, female lesser divinity of nature
2. (entomology) nymph, juvenile form of a hemimetabolous insect

(juvenile insect):

• larve

• paranimf