water nymph
water nymph noun: a female spirit presiding over fountains, wells, streams, etc.
Noun
water nymph (plural water nymphs)
- A female spirit presiding over fountains, wells, streams, etc.
- We cannot refrain from suspecting that in the original legend these were Valkyrias and not Water-nymphs, for these last would hardly strip to go into the water, their native element.1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 214
- Any of various aquatic plants of the genus Najas.
water nymph meaning in Hindi and Tamil
water nymph in Hindi
- water nymph
- जलकन्या jalkanyā
water nymph in Tamil
- நீரரமகள்
Synonyms of water nymph
Forms of water nymph
| plural | water nymphs |
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Origin of water nymph
From Middle English water-nymph, equivalent to water + nymph.
Questions about water nymph
- What does water nymph mean?
- Water nymph means a female spirit presiding over fountains, wells, streams, etc.
- What is water nymph in Hindi?
- Water nymph in Hindi is जलकन्या (jalkanyā). See Water nymph meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is water nymph?
- Water nymph is a noun.
- What is the plural of water nymph?
- The plural of water nymph is water nymphs.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: water nymph (page history and authors); जलकन्या (Hindi) (page history and authors); water nymph (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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