Mermaid

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Etymology

From mere +‎ maid.

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Noun

Singular Mermaid

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Mermaid ({{{1}}})

1. A mythological creature with a woman's head and upper body, and a tail of a fish.

Related terms

• merman
• merfolk
• merewif
• merwolf
• mereswine

Translations

mythological woman with a fish's tail

Armenian: ջրահարս hy(hy) (ǰrahars) Chinese: 人魚 cmn(cmn) (rényú) Croatian: siréna hr(hr) f. Danish: havfrue da(da) c. Dutch: zeemeermin nl(nl) f., meermin nl(nl) f. Esperanto: sireno Estonian: merineitsi Finnish: merenneito fi(fi) French: sirène fr(fr) f. German: Nixe f. (1), Wassernixe f. (1), Seejungfrau f. (1), Meerjungfrau (1) Hungarian: hableány hu(hu), sellő hu(hu) Icelandic: hafmey f. Irish: maighdean mhara f. Italian: sirena it(it) f. Japanese: 人魚 (にんぎょ, ningyo)

Macedonian: сирена mk(mk) (siréna) f., морска самовила mk(mk) (mórska samóvila) f., морска вила mk(mk) (mórska víla) f. Maltese: sirena mt(mt) f. Norwegian: havfrue no(no) m. and f. Polish: syrena pl(pl) f. Portuguese: sereia pt(pt) f. Russian: русалка ru(ru) f., сирена ru(ru) f. Scottish Gaelic: maighdeann-mhara f. Serbian: Cyrillic: сирена Roman: sirena Spanish: sirena es(es) f. Swedish: sjöjungfru c. Telugu: మత్స్యకన్య (matsyakanya) Turkish: deniz kızı tr(tr)

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