Nymphs - English meaning

Nymphs – definitions in English dictionary

noun
A mythological spirit of nature imagined as a beautiful maiden inhabiting rivers, woods, or other locations.
Usage examples:
The idyllic world of nymphs and shepherds
Synonims:
Sprite Sylph Wood nymph Water nymph
noun
An immature form of an insect that does not change greatly as it grows, e.g. a dragonfly, mayfly, or locust.
Usage examples:
The bulk of the diet of trout is made up of small invertebrates, particularly mayfly nymphs and cad…
noun
A mainly brown butterfly that frequents woods and forest glades.
Usage examples:
The malabar tree nymph (idea malabarica) is a large butterfly found in peninsular india that belong…

noun
(in ancient greek and roman traditional stories) a goddess or spirit in the form of a young woman, living in a tree, river, mountain, etc.
Usage examples:
We played the part of wood nymphs dancing around snow white in the forest., the god apollo is madde…

Nymphs translation into English

Nymphs: translate from English into Chinese

若虫

Nymphs: translate from English into Dutch

Nimfen

Nymphs: translate from English into French

Nymphes

Nymphs: translate from English into German

Nymphen

Nymphs: translate from English into Hindi

देवियां

Nymphs: translate from English into Italian

Ninfe

Nymphs: translate from English into Korean

님프

Nymphs: translate from English into Russian

Нимфы

Nymphs: translate from English into Spanish

Ninfas

Word origin

late Middle English: from Old French nimphe, from Latin nympha, from Greek numphē ‘nymph, bride’; related to Latin nubere ‘be the wife of’.

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Nymphs – similar words

nymph

nɪmf

noun
A mythological spirit of nature imagined as a beautiful maiden inhabiting rivers, woods, or other locations.
Usage examples:
The idyllic world of nymphs and shepherds

noun
(in ancient greek and roman traditional stories) a goddess or spirit in the form of a young woman, living in a tree, river, mountain, etc.
Usage examples:
We played the part of wood nymphs dancing around snow white in the forest., the god apollo is madde…

noun
A form of an insect that has not yet developed into an adult, but is often very similar to an adult
Usage examples:
It is possible that tick nymphs could repeatedly bite a person., the nymph feeds and grows, moultin…

Nymph - all meanings in English

Nymphs synonims

sprite

noun
An elf or fairy.
Usage examples:
In england the hobgoblin was as helpful a sprite as the brownie and was also known as robin goodfel…

Sprite - all meanings in English

sylph

noun
An imaginary spirit of the air.
Usage examples:
The plots of many ballets were dominated by spirit women - sylphs, wilis, and ghosts - who enslaved…

Sylph - all meanings in English

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