dryad

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English [edit]

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Dryad

Pronunciation [edit]

IPA: /ˈdraɪəd/, /ˈdraɪæd/

Etymology [edit]

From Proto-Indo-European *derew(o)- (“tree, or, wood”).

Noun [edit]

dryad (plural dryads)

(Greek mythology) In Greek myth, a female tree spirit.

Translations [edit]

female tree spirit

Bulgarian: дриада (bg) (driada) f
Finnish: dryadi (fi)
French: dryade (fr) f

Italian: driade (it) f
Japanese: ドリュアス (ja) (doryuasu)
Polish: driada (pl) f

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