"nereid" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈnɪəɹiɪd/ Forms: nereids [plural], nereides [plural]
Etymology: From the stem of Latin Nērēis (“sea-nymph”), from Ancient Greek Νηρηΐς (Nērēḯs), from Νηρεύς (Nēreús, “the sea-god Nereus”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|Nērēis||sea-nymph}} Latin Nērēis (“sea-nymph”), {{uder|en|grc|Νηρηΐς}} Ancient Greek Νηρηΐς (Nērēḯs) Head templates: {{en-noun|s|nereides}} nereid (plural nereids or nereides)
  1. (Greek mythology) One of 50 sea nymphs who were attendants upon Poseidon (Neptune), and were represented as riding on sea horses, sometimes in human form and sometimes with the tail of a fish. Tags: Greek Categories (topical): Greek mythology Categories (lifeform): Annelids Translations (mythological being): нереида (nereida) [feminine] (Bulgarian), морска нимфа (morska nimfa) [feminine] (Bulgarian), nereida [feminine] (Catalan), néréide [feminine] (French), nereida [feminine] (Galician), ნერეიდა (nereida) (Georgian), νηρηίδα (niriída) [feminine] (Greek), ネーレーイス (nērēisu) (Japanese), 네레이드 (nereideu) (Korean), nērēis [feminine] (Latin), Nērēis [feminine] (Latin), нереида (nereida) [feminine] (Macedonian), нереи́да (nereída) [feminine] (Russian), nereida [feminine] (Spanish), nereidi (Swahili), nereid [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-nereid-en-noun-LW~cw97u Disambiguation of Annelids: 66 34 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swahili translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 62 38 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 66 34 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 67 33 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 65 35 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 68 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 69 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 72 28 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 68 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 71 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 73 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 67 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 70 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 73 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 70 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 72 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 70 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 74 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Swahili translations: 73 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 73 27 Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences Disambiguation of 'mythological being': 92 8
  2. (zoology) Alternative form of nereidid. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: nereidid Categories (topical): Zoology
    Sense id: en-nereid-en-noun-jq3sDEWE Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (worm): ragworm, clam worm
Disambiguation of 'worm': 0 0

Inflected forms

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-15 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (8a39820 and 4401a4c). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.