dryade

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English

Noun

dryade (plural dryades)

  1. Obsolete form of dryad.

Anagrams

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French dryade, from Latin dryas, from Ancient Greek δρυάς (druás).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌdriˈaː.də/
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  • Hyphenation: dry‧a‧de
  • Rhymes: -aːdə

Noun

dryade f (plural dryaden or dryades)

  1. dryad

Synonyms

French

Etymology

From Old French driade (“wood nymph”), from Latin Dryadem (“dryad”), from Ancient Greek Δρυάς (Druás, “dryad”), from δρῦς (drûs, “oak”), from Proto-Indo-European *derew(o)- (“tree, wood”); cf. Proto-Indo-European *dóru.

Pronunciation

Noun

dryade f (plural dryades)

  1. (Greek mythology) dryad
  2. (ecology) forest tree, sciaphilous in young state

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