Definitions for nymphaeum

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nymphaeum nym·phae·um

Spelling: [nim-fee-uh m]

IPA: /nɪmˈfi əm/

Nymphaeum is a 9 letter English word.

You can make 225 anagrams from letters in nymphaeum (aehmmnpuy).

Definitions for nymphaeum

noun

1. a room or area having a fountain, statues, flowers, etc.
2. an architecturally treated outlet of a reservoir or aqueduct.

Origin of nymphaeum

1760-70; Latin Greek nymphaîon place sacred to nymphs, noun use of neuter of nymphaîos, equivalent to nýmph(ē) nymph + -aios adj. suffix

Examples for nymphaeum

The nymphaeum was decagonal on plan, so that small pendentives were required to carry the brick dome.