dryade

== English == === Noun === dryade (plural dryades) Obsolete form of dryad. === Anagrams === yarded, yadder, red day, dready == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from French dryade, from Latin dryas, from Ancient Greek δρυάς (druás). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌdriˈaː.də/ Hyphenation: dry‧a‧de Rhymes: -aːdə === Noun === dryade f (plural dryaden or dryades, no diminutive) dryad ==== Synonyms ==== boomnimf == French == === 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. === 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 === Further reading === “dryade”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012