adj
Meaning 1
Of a woman, having an excessive libido.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- nymphomaniacal
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
nymphomaniac
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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/ˌnɪm.fəʊˈmeɪ.niˌæk/
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/ˌnɪm.foʊˈmeɪ.niˌæk/
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rhymes with -eɪniæk
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noun
Meaning 2
A woman who has an excessive libido.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Xenia's such a nymphomaniac that she's not even satisfied with three lovers.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: nympho
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
(used of women) affected with excessive sexual desire
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: nymphomaniacal
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
a woman with abnormal sexual desires
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: nympho
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: pervert, deviant, deviate, degenerate
History
Etymology
From nymphomania + -ac. By surface analysis, nympho- + -maniac.
Across languages
Translations
46 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Danish: nymfoman — having excessive sexual desire
- Dutch: nymfomaan — having excessive sexual desire
- Dutch: nymfomanisch — having excessive sexual desire
- Finnish: nymfomaaninen — having excessive sexual desire
- French: nymphomane — having excessive sexual desire
- Galician: ninfomaníaco — having excessive sexual desire
- Galician: ninfomaníaca — having excessive sexual desire
- German: nymphomanisch — having excessive sexual desire
- German: nymphoman — having excessive sexual desire
- Hindi: चुदक्कड़ (cudakkaṛ) — having excessive sexual desire
- Norwegian Bokmål: nymfoman — having excessive sexual desire
- Norwegian Nynorsk: nymfoman — having excessive sexual desire
- Portuguese: ninfomaníaco — having excessive sexual desire
- Portuguese: ninfomaníaca — having excessive sexual desire
- Sicilian: ninfumanìacu — having excessive sexual desire
- Sicilian: ninfumanìaca — having excessive sexual desire
- Spanish: ninfomaníaco — having excessive sexual desire
- Swedish: nymfoman — having excessive sexual desire
- Turkish: nemfomanyak — having excessive sexual desire
- Carpathian Rusyn: німфома́нка (nimfománka) — woman with excessive sexual desire
- Chinese Mandarin: 女性瘾者 (nǚxìngyǐnzhě) — woman with excessive sexual desire
- Chinese Mandarin: 慕男狂 (mùnánkuáng) — woman with excessive sexual desire
- Czech: nymfomanka — woman with excessive sexual desire
- Danish: nymfoman — woman with excessive sexual desire
- Finnish: nymfomaani — woman with excessive sexual desire
- French: nymphomane — woman with excessive sexual desire
- Galician: ninfómana — woman with excessive sexual desire
- German: Nymphomanin — woman with excessive sexual desire
- Greek: νυμφομανής (nymfomanís) — woman with excessive sexual desire
- Greek: μητρομανής (mitromanís) — woman with excessive sexual desire
- Italian: ninfomane — woman with excessive sexual desire
- Norwegian Bokmål: nymfoman — woman with excessive sexual desire
- Polish: nimfomanka — woman with excessive sexual desire
- Portuguese: ninfômana — woman with excessive sexual desire
- Portuguese: ninfómana — woman with excessive sexual desire
- Portuguese: ninfomaníaca — woman with excessive sexual desire
- Russian: нимфома́нка (nimfománka) — woman with excessive sexual desire
- Sicilian: ninfòmani — woman with excessive sexual desire
- Spanish: ninfómana — woman with excessive sexual desire
- Swedish: nymfoman — woman with excessive sexual desire
- Turkish: nemfoman — woman with excessive sexual desire
- Turkish: nimfomanyak — woman with excessive sexual desire
- Turkish: seks düşkünü kadın — woman with excessive sexual desire
- Turkish: erkek delisi — woman with excessive sexual desire
- Turkish: seks müptelası kadın — woman with excessive sexual desire
- Turkish: aşırı cinsel arzu gösteren kadın — woman with excessive sexual desire