Nereid

Meaning

Noun

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.

Name

One of the satellites of the planet Neptune.

Synonyms

brownie

fairy

🧚

fay

mermaid

🧜‍♀️

naiad

nix

nymph

pixy

sylph

undine

water nymph

Translations

Nereida

Νηρηίδα

Néréide

Nereida

νεράιδα

νηρηίδα

Nereida

Nereide

Nereïde

zeenimf

nereida

nereide

nereida

Nereid

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.