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nymphaea¹

  • /nɪmˈfiːə/ UK

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From Latin nymphaea, from Ancient Greek νυμφαῖα (numphaîa), feminine singular form of νυμφαῖος (numphaîos, “sacred to the nymphs”), from νύμφη (númphē, “nymph”).

Sense 2 is a semantic loan from translingual Nymphaea, from the same Latin and Greek.

noun nymphaeas

  1. the European white water lily. Guianerius, cap. 8, tract. 15, would have them used twice a day, and when they come forth of the baths, their backbones to be anointed with oil of almonds, violets, nymphæa, fresh capon-grease, etc.
  2. Any species of the genus Nymphaea.

nymphaea²

  • /nɪmˈfiːə/ UK

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Inflected forms.

noun

  1. plural plural of nymphaeum

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noun plant of the genus Nymphaea

Русскийнимфе́я nimféja

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@misc{nymphaea_2026,
  title = {nymphaea},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/nymphaea},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}