nimphe
French
Noun
nimphe f (plural nimphes)
- Obsolete spelling of nymphe
Middle English
Alternative forms
- nymphe, nemphe
Etymology
From Old French nimphe, from Latin nympha, from Ancient Greek νύμφη (númphē).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnimf(ə)/
Noun
nimphe (plural nimphes)
- nymph (mythological being)
Descendants
- English: nymph
References
- “nimphe (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-05.
Old French
Alternative forms
- nymphe
Noun
nimphe f (oblique plural nimphes, nominative singular nimphe, nominative plural nimphes)
- nymph (minor female deity)
Descendants
- Middle English: nimphe
- English: nymph
- French: nymphe
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (nymphe, supplement)