Nereid

See also: nereid

English

Alternative forms

• Nereide, Nereïde (archaic)

Etymology

From the stem of Latin Nērēis, from Ancient Greek Νηρηΐς (Nērēḯs), from Νηρεύς (Nēreús, “Nereus”) +‎ -ις (-is), literally “sprung of Nereus”. By surface analysis, Nereus +‎ -id.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɪəɹiɪd/

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• Hyphenation: Ne‧reid

Noun

Nereid (plural Nereids or Nereides)

1. (Greek mythology) Any one of the fifty sea-nymphs who were daughters of the sea-god Nereus and attendants upon Poseidon (Neptune), and were represented as riding on sea horses, sometimes in human form and sometimes with the tail of a fish.

   Synonyms: ocean-nymph, sea-nymph

   • 1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume II, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 234:

     No Dryads sought to avert the fate of their kindred trees - no Nereides sported on the waves.

Alternative forms

• nereid

Translations

mythological being

• Bulgarian: нереида f (nereida), морска нимфа f (morska nimfa)
• Catalan: nereida f
• Esperanto: nereidino (eo)
• French: Néréide (fr) f
• Galician: nereida f
• Georgian: ნერეიდა (nereida)
• Greek: νηρηίδα (el) f (niriída)
• Japanese: ネーレーイス (nērēisu)
• Korean: 네레이드 (ko) (nereideu)
• Latin: Nērēis f
• Macedonian: нереида f (nereida)
• Russian: нереи́да (ru) f (nereída)
• Spanish: nereida (es) f (mermaid type)
• Swahili: nereidi
• Swedish: nereid (sv) c

Proper noun

Nereid

1. (astronomy) One of the satellites of the planet Neptune.

Translations

moon

• French: Néréide (fr) f
• Hindi: नियरीड (niyrīḍ)
• Ido: Nereido (io)
• Irish: Néiréid f
• Korean: 네레이드 (ko) (nereideu)
• Latin: Nērēis f
• Russian: Нереи́да (ru) f (Nereída)

Derived terms

• Nereidian

Anagrams

• renied, reined, Neider, Edirne, denier, Nieder, diener

Turkish

Proper noun

Nereid

1. (astronomy) Nereid