nimphe

nimphe f (plural nimphes)

1. obsolete spelling of nymphe

• nymphe, nemphe

From Old French nimphe, from Latin nympha, from Ancient Greek νύμφη (númphē).

• IPA^(key): /ˈnimf(ə)/

nimphe (plural nimphes)

1. nymph (mythological being)

• English: nymph

• “nimphe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 5 September 2018.

• nymphe

nimphe oblique singular, f (oblique plural nimphes, nominative singular nimphe, nominative plural nimphes)

1. nymph (minor female deity)

• French: nymphe
• → Middle Dutch: nymphe
  • Dutch: nimf
• → Middle English: nimphe, nymphe, nemphe
  • English: nymph

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (nymphe, supplement)