Standard Lemma guide

nymphomania

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /nɪmfəˈmeɪnɪə/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -eɪniə

1

noun

Meaning 1

Excess of sexual behaviour or desire in women.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: furor uterinus, œstromania

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: hypersexuality

2

noun

Meaning 2

abnormally intense sexual desire in women

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: sexual desire, eros, concupiscence, physical attraction

History

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin, from Latin nympha + -mania. By surface analysis, nympho- + mania.

Across languages

Translations

24 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: nimfomania — excess of sexual behaviour or desire in women
  • Chinese Mandarin: 女色情狂 (sèqíngkuáng) — excess of sexual behaviour or desire in women
  • Chinese Mandarin: 慕男狂 (mùnánkuáng) — excess of sexual behaviour or desire in women
  • Czech: nymfomanie — excess of sexual behaviour or desire in women
  • Danish: nymfomani — excess of sexual behaviour or desire in women
  • Dutch: nymfomanie — excess of sexual behaviour or desire in women
  • Finnish: nymfomania — excess of sexual behaviour or desire in women
  • French: nymphomanie — excess of sexual behaviour or desire in women
  • French: andromanie — excess of sexual behaviour or desire in women
  • Galician: ninfomanía — excess of sexual behaviour or desire in women
  • German: Nymphomanie — excess of sexual behaviour or desire in women
  • Italian: ninfomania — excess of sexual behaviour or desire in women
  • Italian: andromania — excess of sexual behaviour or desire in women
  • Japanese: 女子色情症 (joshi shikijōshō) — excess of sexual behaviour or desire in women
  • Japanese: ニンフォマニア (ninfomania) — excess of sexual behaviour or desire in women
  • Norwegian Bokmål: nymfomani — excess of sexual behaviour or desire in women
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: nymfomani — excess of sexual behaviour or desire in women
  • Portuguese: ninfomania — excess of sexual behaviour or desire in women
  • Russian: нимфома́ния (nimfománija) — excess of sexual behaviour or desire in women
  • Russian: андрома́ния (andrománija) — excess of sexual behaviour or desire in women
  • Sicilian: ninfumanìa — excess of sexual behaviour or desire in women
  • Spanish: ninfomanía — excess of sexual behaviour or desire in women
  • Swedish: nymfomani — excess of sexual behaviour or desire in women
  • Turkish: nemfomani — excess of sexual behaviour or desire in women