nymphomanie
French, noun/nɛ̃.fɔ.ma.ni/
nymphomanie is spelled N-Y-M-P-H-O-M-A-N-I-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written French, the 123,735th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nymphomanie is a French feminine noun meaning “nymphomania” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Amplification pathologique des besoins sexuels chez la femme”.
What does nymphomanie mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininenymphomania
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Amplification pathologique des besoins sexuels chez la femme.
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 nymphomanie
- nymphomanies plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce nymphomanie?
- /nɛ̃.fɔ.ma.ni/
- \nɛ̃.fɔ.ma.ni\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to nymphomanie
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is nymphomanie in French?
nymphomanie appears about once in every 14 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).