ninfa

Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ninfa f (plural ninfe)

1. nymph

Further reading

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

Lombard

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ninfa f (plural ninfe)

1. nymph

Portuguese

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Alternative forms

• nympha (pre-standardization spelling)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnĩ.fɐ/

• Rhymes: -ĩfɐ
• Hyphenation: nin‧fa

Noun

ninfa f (plural ninfas)

1. nymph

Derived terms

• ninfeta

Further reading

• “ninfa”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “ninfa” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “ninfa”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ninfa f (plural ninfas)

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

   Synonyms: cacatúa ninfa, carolina, cocotilla

Hyponyms

• dríada, dríade
• náyade
• nereida
• oceánide
• sirena

Further reading

• “ninfa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025