ninfeo
Spanish, noun[nĩɱˈfeo]
ninfeo is spelled N-I-N-F-E-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 93 million words in written Spanish, the 331,538th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ninfeo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “nymphaeum” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Altar de una ninfa, en donde se dejaban las ofrendas con las primicias de los cultivos. Estaban ubicados en…”.
What does ninfeo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinenymphaeum
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Altar de una ninfa, en donde se dejaban las ofrendas con las primicias de los cultivos. Estaban ubicados en distintas partes, dependiendo del tipo de ninfa al que perteneciera el altar. Los ninfeos de las nereidas estaban en las costas y puertos, y se les ofrendaba miel, leche y aceite, para que los viajes fueran tranquilos.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of ninfeo
- ninfeos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ninfeo?
- [nĩɱˈfeo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ninfeo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ninfeo in Spanish?
ninfeo appears about once in every 93 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).