Ninive

From Latin Nīnevē (“Nineveh”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈniniʋe/, [ˈniniʋe̞]
• Rhymes: -iniʋe
• Syllabification^(key): Ni‧ni‧ve

Ninive

1. Nineveh (an ancient city in Assyria, in modern Iraq, near Mosul)

• Assyria

• viinen

Borrowed from Latin Nīnevē (“Nineveh”).

• IPA^(key): /ni.niv/

Ninive f

1. Nineveh (an ancient city in Assyria, in modern Iraq, near Mosul)

• Assyrie

Borrowed from Latin Nīnevē (“Nineveh”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈni.ni.ve/
• Rhymes: -inive
• Hyphenation: Nì‧ni‧ve

Ninive f

1. Nineveh (an ancient city in Assyria, in modern Iraq, near Mosul)

• Assiria

• innevi

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Νινευή (Nineuḗ), ultimately from Akkadian 𒌷𒉌𒉡𒀀 (^URUNI.NU.A)

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈniː.ni.u̯eː/, [ˈniːniu̯eː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈni.ni.ve/, [ˈniːnive]

Nīnivē f sg (genitive Nīnivēs); first declension

1. Alternative form of Nīnevē

First-declension noun (Greek-type), singular only.

• “Ninive”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Ninive in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.