naiad

See also: Naiad

English

Dragonfly naiad

Etymology

From Latin Naias, from Ancient Greek Νᾱϊάς (Nāïás, “naiad”), from νάω (náō, “to flow”).

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /ˈneɪæd/, /ˈneɪəd/, /ˈnaɪæd/, /ˈnaɪəd/

Noun

naiad (plural naiads or naiades)

1. (Greek mythology) A female deity (nymph) associated with water, especially a spring, stream, or other fresh water.
2. (entomology) The aquatic larva (nymph) of a dragonfly or damselfly.
3. Any of various aquatic plants of the genus Najas.

Synonyms

• (mythology): river god
• (aquatic larva): instar, larva, nymph
• (aquatic plant): water nymph

Translations

female deity

• Armenian: նայադ (hy) (nayad)
• Asturian: náyade f
• Belarusian: наяда f (najada)
• Bulgarian: наяда (bg) f (najada)
• Catalan: nàiada f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 那伊阿得 (nàyīādé), 水澤仙女 / 水泽仙女 (shuǐzéxiānnǚ)

• Czech: najáda f
• Dutch: najade (nl) f, waternimf (nl) f
• Esperanto: najado
• French: naïade (fr) f
• Galician: náiade f
• Georgian: ნაიადა (naiada)
• German: Najade (de) f
• Greek: ναϊάδα (el) f (naïáda)

  Ancient Greek: Ναϊάς f (Naïás)

• Italian: naiade (it) f
• Japanese: ナーイアス (nāiasu)
• Korean: 나이아스 (naiaseu)
• Polish: najada (pl) f
• Portuguese: náiade (pt) f, náiada f
• Russian: ная́да (ru) f (najáda)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: најада f

  Roman: najada (sh) f

• Spanish: náyade (es) f
• Tagalog: nayade
• Ukrainian: ная́да f (najáda)

aquatic larva

• Czech: najáda f
• German: Najade (de) f
• Greek: νύμφη (el) f (nýmfi)
• Russian: ная́да (ru) f (najáda)
• Spanish: náyade (es) f

See also

• dryad
• nereid

Anagrams

• Adina, Aidan, Andai, Diana, IANAD, Ida'an, Nadia