oread

English

Etymology

From Latin Orēas, Orēadis, from Ancient Greek Ὀρειάς (Oreiás), from ὄρος (óros, “mountain”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔːɹi.æd/

Noun

oread (plural oreads or oreades)

1. (Greek mythology) A mountain nymph; an anthropomorphic appearance of the spirit of a mountain.
   • 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XI, in Romance and Reality. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 92:

     The imprisoned ringlets are emancipated; 'fresh as the oread from the forest fountain,' you descend—you breathe the incense of the chocolate—not more I hope—and grow conversational and confidential over the green tea, which, with a fragrance beyond all the violets of April, rises to your lip, 'giving and taking odours.'

Hyponyms

• Echo

Translations

mythology: minor mountain deity

• Bulgarian: ореада f (oreada)
• Catalan: orèada f
• French: oréade (fr) f
• German: Oreade (de) f
• Greek: ορεάδα f (oreáda)

  Ancient Greek: Ὀρειάς f (Oreiás)

• Italian: oreade f
• Japanese: オレイアス (oreiasu)
• Latin: Orēas f
• Old English: beorgælfen
• Portuguese: oréade f
• Spanish: oréade (es) f

Anagrams

• E-road, O'Dare, Roade, adore, dorea, oared

Spanish

Verb

oread

1. second-person plural imperative of orear