dryad

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dryad

/ˈdɹaɪəd/
/ˈdɹaɪˌæd/

Rhymes with -aɪəd, -aɪæd

Where it comes from

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

noun dryads

Greek A female tree spirit; a woodnymph or tree nymph. No Dryads sought to avert the fate of their kindred trees - no Nereides sported on the waves.
Any of the dryas plants, especially the plant mountain avens.

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noun female tree spirit

Español	dríade, dríada, dría
日本語	ドリュアス doryuasu
中文	樹精 /树精 shùjīng
Português	dríade, dríada
Français	dryade
Deutsch	Dryade
Italiano	driade
Ελληνικά	δρυάς dryás
Русский	дриа́да driáda

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@misc{dryad_2026,
  title = {dryad},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dryad},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}