néréide
French, noun
néréide is a French feminine noun meaning “alternative letter-case form of Néréide” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Néréide is a different word: “Nereid”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Nymphe de la mer”.
What does néréide mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininealternative letter-case form of Néréide
- 2
femininenereid (youthful and pretty bather)
- 3
feminineragworm
noun
- 1
feminineNereid
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Nymphe de la mer. 2. Espèce de néréididées, des vers annélides polychètes de la vase du littoral.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of néréide
- néréides plural
- Néréides plural
- néréide alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to néréide
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is néréide in French?
néréide appears about once in every 20 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).