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Dryade
Dryade
dryade
dryade
See also: Dryade
French
Etymology
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): /dʁi.jad/
- Homophone: dryades
- Hyphenation: dry‧ade
Noun
dryade f (plural dryades)
- (Greek mythology) dryad
- (ecology) forest tree, sciaphilous in young state.