Nereid

nereid English en Alternative forms en Nereide Nereïde archaic Etymology From the stem of en la Nērē̆is, from en grc Νηρηΐς, from grc 1 Νηρεύς<t:Nereus> -ις sprung of Nereus. en Nereus -id. Pronunciation en /ˈnɪəɹiɪd/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-Nereid.wav US en Ne reid Noun s es en Greek mythology 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. en ocean-nymph sea-nymph en 1828 w:Thomas Keightley The Fairy Mythology II London William Harrison Ainsworth 234 No Dryads sought to avert the fate of their kindred trees - no Nereides sported on the waves. Alternative forms en nereid Translations mythological being Bulgarian: bg нереида f, bg морска нимфа f Catalan: ca nereida f Dutch: nl Nereïde f Esperanto: eo nereidino French: fr Néréide f Galician: gl nereida f Georgian: ka ნერეიდა Greek: el νηρηίδα f Japanese: ja ネーレーイス nērēisu Korean: ko 네레이드 Latin: la Nērēis f Macedonian: mk нереида f Russian: ru нереи́да f Spanish: es nereida f mermaid type Swahili: sw nereidi Swedish: sv nereid c Proper noun en astronomy One of the satellites of the planet Neptune. Translations moon French: fr Néréide f Hindi: hi नियरीड Ido: io Nereido Irish: ga Néiréid f Korean: ko 네레이드 Latin: la Nērēis f Russian: ru Нереи́да f Derived terms en Nereidian Anagrams en deeinr renied reined Neider Edirne denier Nieder diener en Moons of Neptune en Mythological creatures Turkish tr:+ (uydu) Proper noun tr astronomy en Nereid tr Moons of Neptune