oread

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Wikipedia

Etymology

From Latin Orēas, Orēadis, from Ancient Greek Ὀρειάς (Oreiás), from ὄρος (óros, “mountain”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔːɹi.æd/

Noun

oread (plural oreads or oreades)

1. (Greek mythology) A mountain nymph; an anthropomorphic appearance of the spirit of a mountain.
   • 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XI, in Romance and Reality. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 92:

     The imprisoned ringlets are emancipated; 'fresh as the oread from the forest fountain,' you descend—you breathe the incense of the chocolate—not more I hope—and grow conversational and confidential over the green tea, which, with a fragrance beyond all the violets of April, rises to your lip, 'giving and taking odours.'

Hyponyms

• Echo

Translations

mythology: minor mountain deity

Bulgarian: ореада f (oreada) Catalan: orèada f French: oréade (fr) f German: Oreade (de) f Greek: ορεάδα f (oreáda) Ancient Greek: Ὀρειάς f (Oreiás) Italian: oreade f Japanese: オレイアス (oreiasu) Latin: Orēas f Old English: beorgælfen Portuguese: oréade f Spanish: oréade (es) f

Anagrams

• O'Dare, Roade, dorea, adore, oared, Rodea, E-road

Spanish

Verb

oread

1. second-person plural imperative of orear