"dryad" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈdɹaɪəd/, /ˈdɹaɪæd/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Qwertygiy-dryad.wav Forms: dryads [plural]
Rhymes: -aɪəd, -aɪæd Etymology: From Old French driade (“wood nymph”), from Latin Dryas, Dryadis, from Ancient Greek Δρυάς (Druás, “dryad”), from δρῦς (drûs, “oak”), from Proto-Indo-European *derew(o)- (“tree, wood”); cf. Proto-Indo-European *dóru (“tree”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|fro|driade||wood nymph}} Old French driade (“wood nymph”), {{der|en|la|Dryas, Dryadis|dryad}} Latin Dryas, Dryadis, {{der|en|grc|Δρυάς||dryad}} Ancient Greek Δρυάς (Druás, “dryad”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*derew(o)-||tree, wood}} Proto-Indo-European *derew(o)- (“tree, wood”), {{cog|ine-pro|*dóru||tree}} Proto-Indo-European *dóru (“tree”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} dryad (plural dryads)
  1. (Greek mythology) A female tree spirit. Tags: Greek Categories (topical): Greek mythology, Mythological creatures Translations (female tree spirit): driade [feminine] (Afrikaans), Δρυάς (Druás) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), дрыяда (dryjada) [feminine] (Belarusian), дриада (driada) [feminine] (Bulgarian), dríada [feminine] (Catalan), 樹精 (Chinese Mandarin), 树精 (shùjīng) (Chinese Mandarin), dryáda [feminine] (Czech), dryade [feminine, singular] (Dutch), driado (Esperanto), dryadi (Finnish), dryade [feminine] (French), Dryade [feminine] (German), δρυάς (dryás) [feminine] (Greek), driád (Hungarian), driado (Ido), driade [feminine] (Italian), ドリュアス (doryuasu) (Japanese), driāda [feminine] (Latvian), driadė [feminine] (Lithuanian), dryade [feminine] (Norwegian), دریاد (Persian), driada [feminine] (Polish), dríade [feminine] (Portuguese), dríada [feminine] (Portuguese), дриа́да (driáda) [feminine] (Russian), дријада [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), drijada [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), dryáda [feminine] (Slovak), dríade [feminine] (Spanish), dríada [feminine] (Spanish), dryad (Swedish), дріада (driada) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-dryad-en-noun-mQedwjXB Disambiguation of Mythological creatures: 68 32 Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences Disambiguation of 'female tree spirit': 100 0
  2. mountain avens, dryas
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      "ipa": "/ˈdɹaɪəd/"
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
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      "tags": [
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      "sense": "female tree spirit",
      "word": "樹精"
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      "sense": "female tree spirit",
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      "sense": "female tree spirit",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "female tree spirit",
      "word": "driado"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "female tree spirit",
      "word": "dryadi"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "female tree spirit",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "dryade"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "female tree spirit",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "el",
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "female tree spirit",
      "word": "driád"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "female tree spirit",
      "word": "driado"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "female tree spirit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "driade"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "doryuasu",
      "sense": "female tree spirit",
      "word": "ドリュアス"
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      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "female tree spirit",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "driāda"
    },
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      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "female tree spirit",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "driadė"
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      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "female tree spirit",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "dryade"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "female tree spirit",
      "word": "دریاد"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "female tree spirit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "driada"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "female tree spirit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dríade"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "female tree spirit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "dríada"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "female tree spirit",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "дриа́да"
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "female tree spirit",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
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      "word": "дријада"
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "female tree spirit",
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        "feminine"
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      "word": "drijada"
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      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "female tree spirit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "dryáda"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "female tree spirit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dríade"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "female tree spirit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dríada"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "female tree spirit",
      "word": "dryad"
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    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "driada",
      "sense": "female tree spirit",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "дріада"
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}

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