dryade

Meaning

1. (Greek, feminine) dryad
2. (feminine) forest tree, sciaphilous in young state

Concepts

dryad

avens

mountain avens

wood nymph

Dryas octopetala

Synonyms

grand nègre des bois

dryades

dryade à huit pétales

dryas octopetala

Translations

driade

dríade

Dryade

hertenkruid

dryas

Silberwurz

dríada

Satyrus dryas

Papilio dryas

Papilio phaedra

dryade

Dryas octopetala

dryad

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dʁi.jad/

Etymology

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