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naiad

/ˈneɪæd/

naiad noun: a female deity (nymph) associated with water, especially a spring, stream, or other fresh water.

naiad: a female deity (nymph) associated with water, especially a spring, stream, or other fresh water
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Noun

naiad (plural naiads or naiades)

  1. (Greek) A female deity (nymph) associated with water, especially a spring, stream, or other fresh water.
    • A Naiad loved him, and forbade him to hold intercourse with any other woman under pain of loss of sight.1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume II, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 230
  2. The aquatic larva (nymph) of a dragonfly or damselfly.
    Synonyms:
    instar, larva, nymph
  3. Any of various aquatic plants of the genus Najas.
    Synonyms:
    water nymph

Proper noun capitalized: Naiad

Naiad

  1. A moon of Neptune

naiad meaning in Bengali, Malayalam, Kannada and Tagalog

naiad in Bengali

জলপরী

naiad in Malayalam

(water) nymph
മത്സ്യകന്യക, ജലകന്യക, മത്സ്യനാരി, ജലദേവത, ദിവ്യാംഗന, ദിവ്യസ്ത്രീ

naiad in Kannada

ಜಲಕನ್ನಿಕೆ, ನದೀದೇವತೆ, ಜಲದೇವತೆ

naiad in Tagalog

female deity
nayade

Synonyms of naiad

All synonyms of naiad

Forms of naiad

pluralnaiads
pluralnaiades
alternative formnaias
alternative formnaïs

Origin of naiad

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

Words that rhyme with naiad

Questions about naiad

What does naiad mean?
Naiad means a female deity (nymph) associated with water, especially a spring, stream, or other fresh water.
What is naiad in Bengali?
Naiad in Bengali is জলপরী. See Naiad meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is naiad?
Naiad can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce naiad?
Naiad is pronounced /ˈneɪæd/.
What is the plural of naiad?
The plural of naiad is naiads.

Words near naiad in the dictionary

  1. Nahusha
  2. Nahyssan
  3. nai
  4. Nai Talim
  5. NAIA
  6. naiad
  7. naiadaceous
  8. naiades
  9. Naiadian
  10. naiads
  11. naiant

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Adapted from Wiktionary: naiad (page history and authors); Naiad (page history and authors); naiad (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); naiad (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); naiad (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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