nymph

nymph  (nmf)

n.

1. Greek & Roman Mythology Any of numerous minor deities represented as beautiful maidens inhabiting and sometimes personifying features of nature such as trees, waters, and mountains.

2. A girl, especially a beautiful one.

3. The larval form of certain insects, such as silverfish and grasshoppers, usually resembling the adult form but smaller and lacking fully developed wings. Also called nympha.

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[Middle English nimphe, from Old French, from Latin nympha, from Greek numph.]

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nymphal (nmfl) adj.

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nymph [nɪmf]

n

1. (Myth & Legend / European Myth & Legend) Myth a spirit of nature envisaged as a beautiful maiden

2. Chiefly poetic a beautiful young woman

3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) the larva of insects such as the dragonfly and mayfly. It resembles the adult, apart from having underdeveloped wings and reproductive organs, and develops into the adult without a pupal stage

[via Old French from Latin, from Greek numphē nymph; related to Latin nūbere to marry]

nymphal , nymphean [ˈnɪmfɪən] adj

nymphlike  adj

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nymph  (nmf)

The immature form of those insects that do not pass through a pupal stage. Nymphs usually resemble the adults, but are smaller, lack fully developed wings, and are sexually immature. Compare imagolarvapupa

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	nymph - (classical mythology) a minor nature goddess usually depicted as a beautiful maiden; "the ancient Greeks believed that nymphs inhabited forests and bodies of water" classical mythology - the system of mythology of the Greeks and Romans together; much of Roman mythology (especially the gods) was borrowed from the Greeks Graeco-Roman deity, Greco-Roman deity - a deity of classical mythology Echo - (Greek mythology) a nymph who was spurned by Narcissus and pined away until only her voice remained Atlantides, Hesperides - (Greek mythology) group of 3 to 7 nymphs who guarded the golden apples that Gaea gave as a wedding gift to Hera Hyades - (Greek mythology) 7 daughters of Atlas and half-sisters of the Pleiades; they nurtured the infant Dionysus and Zeus placed them among the stars as a reward Oread - (Greek mythology) one of the mountain nymphs Pleiades - (Greek mythology) 7 daughters of Atlas and half-sisters of the Hyades; placed among the stars to save them from the pursuit of Orion Asterope, Sterope - (Greek mythology) one of the 7 Pleiades water nymph - (Greek mythology) any nymph of the water Daphne - (Greek mythology) a nymph who was transformed into a laurel tree to escape the amorous Apollo dryad, wood nymph - a deity or nymph of the woods Salmacis - nymph who merged with Hermaphroditus to form one body
	2.	nymph - a larva of an insect with incomplete metamorphosis (as the dragonfly or mayfly) larva - the immature free-living form of most invertebrates and amphibians and fish which at hatching from the egg is fundamentally unlike its parent and must metamorphose
	3.	nymph - a voluptuously beautiful young woman houri adult female, woman - an adult female person (as opposed to a man); "the woman kept house while the man hunted"

Translations

nymph [nɪmf] N → ninfa f

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nymph [ˈnɪmf] n → nymphe f

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nymph

n

(Myth) → Nymphe f

(Zool) → Nymphe f

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nymph [nɪmf] n → ninfa

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nymph [nɪmf] n → ninfa

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nymph

n nymph [nimf]

a goddess or spirit of the rivers, trees etc. nimf حورِيَّه нимфа nymfa nymfe die Nymphe νύμφη, νεράιδα ninfa nümf حورى؛ زن بسيار زيبا nymfi nymphe נִימפָה अप्सरा vodena vila, nimfa nimfa peri nÿmfa, dís ninfa 精霊 님프: 바다, 산, 강, 목장 등에 사는 아름다운 정령(精靈) nimfa nimfa dewi nimf nymfe, fe nimfa ninfa nimfă нимфа nymfa (vodna) vila nimfa nymf นางไม้ peri, su/orman vb. perisi 居於山林水澤中的仙女 німфа حور، درياؤں و درختوں کي ديوي nữ thần 居于山林水泽中的仙女