ninfeia
Portuguese, noun
ninfeia is spelled N-I-N-F-E-I-A (7 letters). Ninfeia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “water lily (any plant of the family Nymphaeaceae)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of ninfeu. With an accent, ninféia is a different word: “pre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of ninfeia; may still occur as…”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “nome comum a várias plantas aquáticas da família das ninfeáceas”.
What does ninfeia mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininewater lily (any plant of the family Nymphaeaceae)
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of ninfeu
noun
- 1
femininepre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of ninfeia; may still occur as a sporadic misspelling
adjective
- 1
pre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of ninfeia; may still occur as a sporadic misspelling
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. nome comum a várias plantas aquáticas da família das ninfeáceas 2. a flor dessas plantas 3. nenúfar 4. lotus; loto
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of ninfeia
- ninfeias plural
- ninféia alternative obsolete
- ninféias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).