nymphaeum

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noun

A shrine consecrated to water nymphs, often with a fountain.

OriginLatin nymphaeum ← Ancient Greek νυμφαῖον →
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Meanings

nounnymphaeum (plural nymphaeums or nymphaea)

plural nymphaeums · plural nymphaea · alternative archaic nymphæum

  1. Ancient Greece and RomeA shrine consecrated to water nymphs, often with a fountain.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekνυμφαῖον
  2. Latinnymphaeum
  3. Englishnymphaeum

Learned borrowing from Latin nymphaeum, from Ancient Greek νυμφαῖον (numphaîon), a substantivisation of νυμφαῖος (numphaîos, “sacred to the nymphs”), from νύμφη (númphē, “nymph”).

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Translations

Ancient Greek νυμφαῖον
  • νυμφαῖον (numphaîon)Translations
Finnish nymfaion
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French nymphée
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Greek νυμφαίο
  • νυμφαίο (nymfaío)Translations
Hungarian nümphaion, nimfeum
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Italian ninfeo
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Japanese ニンファエウム
  • ニンファエウム (ninfaeumu)Translations
Latin nymphaeum, nymphēum
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Polish nimfeum
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Portuguese ninfeu
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Slovak nymfeum
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Spanish ninfeo
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nymphaeum. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nymphaeum

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Chicago

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