ninfa

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈnin.fa/
• Rhymes: -infa
• Hyphenation: nìn‧fa

ninfa f (plural ninfe)

1. nymph

• ninfa in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈniɱfa/ (Western, Eastern)
• Hyphenation: nin‧fa

ninfa f (plural ninfe)

1. nymph

• nympha (pre-standardization spelling)

Learned borrowing from Latin nympha, from Ancient Greek νύμφη (númphē, “young woman, nymph”).

• Rhymes: -ĩfɐ
• Hyphenation: nin‧fa

ninfa f (plural ninfas)

1. nymph

• “ninfa” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Borrowed from Latin nympha (“nymph”), from Ancient Greek νύμφη (númphē, “young woman, nymph”). Second sense from cacatúa ninfa, or from the first sense - see Nymphicus.

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

ninfa f (plural ninfas)

1. nymph
2. cockatiel (a small, rather atypical cockatoo with a distinctive pointed yellow crest)

   Synonyms: cacatúa ninfa, carolina, cocotilla

• “ninfa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024