"nymphomaniac" meaning in English

See nymphomaniac in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈnɪmfoʊ ˈmeɪniæk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-nymphomaniac.wav Forms: more nymphomaniac [comparative], most nymphomaniac [superlative]
Rhymes: -eɪniæk Etymology: From nymphomania + -ac; by surface analysis, nympho- + -maniac. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|nymphomania|ac}} nymphomania + -ac, {{surf|en|nympho-|-maniac|nocap=1}} by surface analysis, nympho- + -maniac Head templates: {{en-adj}} nymphomaniac (comparative more nymphomaniac, superlative most nymphomaniac)
  1. (of a woman) Having an excessive libido. Categories (topical): Female people, Sexuality Synonyms: nymphomaniacal Related terms: nymphomania, hypersexuality, satyromaniac Translations (of woman: having excessive sexual desire): nymfoman (Danish), nymfomaan (Dutch), nymfomanisch (Dutch), nymfomaaninen (Finnish), nymphomane (French), ninfomaníaco [masculine] (Galician), ninfomaníaca [feminine] (Galician), nymphomanisch (German), nymphoman (German), nymfoman (Norwegian Bokmål), nymfoman (Norwegian Nynorsk), ninfomaníaco [masculine] (Portuguese), ninfomaníaca [feminine] (Portuguese), ninfumanìacu [masculine] (Sicilian), ninfumanìaca [feminine] (Sicilian), ninfomaníaco (Spanish), nymfoman (Swedish), nemfomanyak (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-nymphomaniac-en-adj-0onIIeA7 Disambiguation of Female people: 63 37 Disambiguation of Sexuality: 68 32 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ac, English terms suffixed with -maniac, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Carpathian Rusyn translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Sicilian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 93 7 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ac: 95 5 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -maniac: 88 12 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 97 3 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 95 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 98 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Carpathian Rusyn translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 96 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 97 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 97 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 97 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 97 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Sicilian translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 98 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 90 10

Noun

IPA: /ˈnɪmfoʊ ˈmeɪniæk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-nymphomaniac.wav Forms: nymphomaniacs [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪniæk Etymology: From nymphomania + -ac; by surface analysis, nympho- + -maniac. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|nymphomania|ac}} nymphomania + -ac, {{surf|en|nympho-|-maniac|nocap=1}} by surface analysis, nympho- + -maniac Head templates: {{en-noun}} nymphomaniac (plural nymphomaniacs)
  1. A woman with an excessive libido. Synonyms: nympho Translations (woman with excessive sexual desire): німфома́нка (nimfománka) [feminine] (Carpathian Rusyn), 女性瘾者 (nǚxìngyǐnzhě) (Chinese Mandarin), 慕男狂 (mùnánkuáng) (Chinese Mandarin), nymfomanka [feminine] (Czech), nymfoman [common-gender] (Danish), nymfomaani (Finnish), nymphomane [feminine] (French), ninfómana [feminine] (Galician), Nymphomanin [feminine] (German), νυμφομανής (nymfomanís) [feminine] (Greek), μητρομανής (mitromanís) (Greek), ninfomane [feminine] (Italian), nymfoman [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), nimfomanka [feminine] (Polish), ninfómana [Portugal, feminine] (Portuguese), ninfômana [Brazil, feminine] (Portuguese), ninfomaníaca [feminine] (Portuguese), нимфома́нка (nimfománka) [feminine] (Russian), ninfòmani [feminine, masculine] (Sicilian), ninfómana [feminine] (Spanish), nymfoman [common-gender] (Swedish), seks düşkünü kadın (Turkish), erkek delisi (Turkish), seks müptelası kadın (Turkish), nemfoman (Turkish), nimfomanyak (Turkish), aşırı cinsel arzu gösteren kadın (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-nymphomaniac-en-noun-tnaQRCGx Categories (other): English terms prefixed with nympho- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with nympho-: 39 61

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      "code": "tr",
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      "code": "tr",
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      "sense": "woman with excessive sexual desire",
      "word": "aşırı cinsel arzu gösteren kadın"
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      "sense": "of woman: having excessive sexual desire",
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      "sense": "of woman: having excessive sexual desire",
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      "sense": "of woman: having excessive sexual desire",
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      "sense": "of woman: having excessive sexual desire",
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      "tags": [
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      "sense": "of woman: having excessive sexual desire",
      "word": "ninfomaníaco"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "of woman: having excessive sexual desire",
      "word": "nymfoman"
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      "code": "tr",
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