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

nymph (minor female deity)

Descendants

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

References

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

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