Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lymph

/lɪmf/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.20 in modern English

Syllables
lymph
IPA
/lɪmf/
15
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Pure water.

Literary; Obsolete; Uncountable

noun

Pure water.

Archaic; Literary; Obsolete; Uncountable

noun

A colourless, watery, coagulable bodily fluid which bathes the tissues and is carried by the lymphatic system into the bloodstream; it resembles blood plasma in containing white blood cells and especially lymphocytes but normally few red blood cells and no platelets.

Uncountable

noun

The discharge from a sore, inflammation etc.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

Borrowing from French lymphe and/or Latin lympha (“clear water”), from Ancient Greek νῠ́μφη (nŭ́mphē, “bride; spring water”). Doublet of nymph.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

lymphs (plural) lymphe (alternative, archaic)

Derived Forms

cytolymph endolymph haemolymph hemolymph karyolymph lymphadenia lymphangiogenesis lymphangiography lymphitis lymphlike lymphlined lymphnode

Phrases

lymph cell lymph gland lymph- lympho- lymph node lymph vessel

Frequently Paired Words

lymphatic nymph

Synonyms

lymphatic fluid lymphatic liquid

Homonyms

lymphe

Rhymes With

nymph glymph lymphe

Questions

How do you pronounce lymph?
The recorded pronunciation is /lɪmf/.
What does lymph mean?
Pure water.
Where does lymph come from?
It is traced to French.

How to pronounce lymph

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