dryad

English

Etymology

From Old French driade (“wood nymph”), from Latin dryas, dryadis (“dryad”), from Ancient Greek Δρυάς (Druás, “dryad”), from δρῦς (drûs, “oak”), from Proto-Indo-European *derew(o)- (“tree, wood”); cf. Proto-Indo-European *dóru.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɹaɪəd/, /ˈdɹaɪæd/

Noun

dryad (plural dryads)

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

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