nymphée
French, noun/nɛ̃.fe/
nymphée is spelled N-Y-M-P-H-É-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 20 million words in written French, the 144,513th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nymphée is a French masculine noun meaning “nymphaeum” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Construction destinée à recevoir de l’eau et le plus souvent ornée de statues, de vases, de portiques”.
What does nymphée mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinenymphaeum
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Construction destinée à recevoir de l’eau et le plus souvent ornée de statues, de vases, de portiques.
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 nymphée
- nymphées plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce nymphée?
- /nɛ̃.fe/
- \nɛ̃.fe\
- [nɛ̃.fe]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to nymphée
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is nymphée in French?
nymphée appears about once in every 20 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).