Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nereid

/ˈnɪəɹiɪd/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.44 in modern English

Syllables: ne-reid
IPA: /ˈnɪəɹiɪd/

7

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative letter-case form of Nereid.

noun

A youthful and pretty bather.

noun

Alternative form of nereidid.

noun

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.

name

One of the satellites of the planet Neptune.

Example Sentences

"I knew in the back of my mind that the “nereid” wore a bikini intended for photography and that she lived in that bikini all summer."
"No Dryads sought to avert the fate of their kindred trees - no Nereides sported on the waves."

Etymology

See Nereid.

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: Νηρηΐς

Inflected Forms

nereids (plural) nereides (plural) Nereide (alternative, archaic) Nereïde (alternative, archaic)

Derived Forms

Nereidian

Synonyms

ragworm clam worm ocean-nymph sea-nymph

Questions

How do you pronounce nereid?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈnɪəɹiɪd/.
What does nereid mean?: Alternative letter-case form of Nereid.
Where does nereid come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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