nymphéa
French, noun/nɛ̃.fe.a/
nymphéa is spelled N-Y-M-P-H-É-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 59 million words in written French, the 242,150th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nymphéa is a French masculine noun meaning “waterlily” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Plante aquatique ornementale de la famille des Nymphéacées, appartenant au genre Nymphaea”.
What does nymphéa mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinewaterlily
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Plante aquatique ornementale de la famille des Nymphéacées, appartenant au genre Nymphaea.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of nymphéa
- nymphéas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce nymphéa?
- /nɛ̃.fe.a/
- \nɛ̃.fe.a\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is nymphéa in French?
nymphéa appears about once in every 59 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).