Mermaid

//ˈmɝ.meɪd//

Synonyms for "mermaid" (230 found)

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Closest matches (46)

Strong matches (69)

Related words (115)

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3 entries

Synonyms

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Related terms

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at location

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derived from

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holonym

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is a

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similar

3 entries

Translations

141 translations across 80 languages.

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Albanian

2 entries
  • rusale noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)
  • sirenë noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)

Arabic

4 entries
  • اِبْنَة الْبَحْر noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)
  • حُورِيَّة الْبَحْر noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)
  • حُورِيَّة الْمَاء noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)
  • خَيَلَان noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)

Armenian

1 entries
  • ջրահարս noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

1 entries
  • ܟܲܠܬܵܐ ܕܝܵܡܵܐ noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)

Asturian

2 entries
  • serena noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)
  • sirena noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • su pərisi noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)
  • supərisi noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)

Belarusian

3 entries
  • ная́да noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)
  • руса́лка noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)
  • сірэ́на noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)

Bengali

1 entries
  • মৎস্যকন্যা noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • морска́ сире́на noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)
  • русалка noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)

Burmese

1 entries
  • ရေသူမ noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)

Catalan

1 entries
  • sirena noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)

Chinese Cantonese

2 entries
  • 人魚 /人鱼 noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)
  • 美人魚 /美人鱼 noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 人魚 /人鱼 noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)
  • 美人魚 /美人鱼 noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)

Cornish

1 entries
  • morvoren noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)

Czech

2 entries
  • mořská panna noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)
  • mořská víla noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)

Danish

1 entries
  • havfrue noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)

Dutch

2 entries
  • meermin noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)
  • zeemeermin noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • marvirino noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)
  • sireno noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)

Estonian

1 entries
  • merineitsi noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)

Faroese

2 entries
  • havfrúgv noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)
  • sævarmoy noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)

Finnish

1 entries
  • merenneito noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)

French

1 entries
  • sirène noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)

Gagauz

1 entries
  • deniz kızı noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)

Galician

1 entries
  • serea noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)

Georgian

3 entries
  • ალი noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)
  • სირინოზი noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)
  • ქალთევზა noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)

German

4 entries
  • Meerjungfrau noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)
  • Nixe noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)
  • Seejungfrau noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)
  • Wassernixe noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)

Greek

2 entries
  • γοργόνα noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)
  • σειρήνα noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)

Hawaiian

1 entries
  • wahine hiʻu iʻa noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • בַּת יָם noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)

Hindi

2 entries
  • जलपरी noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)
  • मत्स्यांगना noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • hableány noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)
  • sellő noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • hafmey noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)

Ido

1 entries
  • sireno noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • putri duyung noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)

Irish

2 entries
  • maighdean mhara noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)
  • murúch noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)

Italian

1 entries
  • sirena noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 人魚 noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)

Kashmiri

1 entries
  • جل پری noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • су перісі noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)

Khmer

2 entries
  • មច្ឆានុ noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)
  • រក្សសី noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)

Korean

1 entries
  • 인어 noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)

Kumyk

1 entries
  • суванасы noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • суу периси noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)

Lao

2 entries
  • ນາງເງືອກ noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)
  • ເງືອກ noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)

Latin

4 entries
  • Nereis noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)
  • Sīrēn noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)
  • femina marina noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)
  • oceanide noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)

Latvian

1 entries
  • nāra noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • undinė noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)

Macedonian

3 entries
  • морска вила noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)
  • морска самовила noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)
  • сире́на noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)

Malay

1 entries
  • ikan duyung noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)

Maltese

1 entries
  • sirena noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)

Marathi

2 entries
  • जलपरी noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)
  • मत्स्यकन्या noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)

Navajo

1 entries
  • chʼikę́ę́h łóóʼ noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • havfrue noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries
  • havfru noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)
  • havfrue noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)

Persian

1 entries
  • پری دریایی noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)

Polish

4 entries
  • boginka noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)
  • panna wodna noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)
  • rusałka noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)
  • syrena noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • sereia noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)

Romanian

1 entries
  • sirenă noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)

Russian

4 entries
  • морска́я де́ва noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)
  • ная́да noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)
  • руса́лка noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)
  • сире́на noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • maighdeann-mhara noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • sirena noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)
  • сирена noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)

Slovak

1 entries
  • morská panna noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)

Slovene

1 entries
  • morska deklica noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)

Spanish

4 entries
  • bestión noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)
  • bicha noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)
  • nereida noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)
  • sirena noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)

Swedish

2 entries
  • havsfru noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)
  • sjöjungfru noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • sirena noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)

Tajik

1 entries
  • парии обӣ noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)

Tamil

2 entries
  • கடற்கன்னி noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)
  • நீர்மங்கை noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)

Tatar

1 entries
  • су анасы noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)

Telugu

1 entries
  • మత్స్యకన్య noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)

Thai

2 entries
  • นางเงือก noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)
  • เงือก noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)

Turkish

4 entries
  • deniz kızı noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)
  • denizkızı noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)
  • susulu noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)
  • susuna noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • suw perisi noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • морська́ ді́ва noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)
  • морська́ па́нна noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)
  • ная́да noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)
  • руса́лка noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • سۇ پەرىسى noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)

Uzbek

2 entries
  • rusalka noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)
  • suv parisi noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)

Vietnamese

4 entries
  • mỹ nhân ngư noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)
  • người cá noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)
  • nhân ngư noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)
  • nàng tiên cá noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)

Welsh

1 entries
  • môr-forwyn noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • ים־מיידל noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)

Zealandic

1 entries
  • merreminne noun (mythological woman with a fish’s tail)

Sample sentences

15 total sentences available.

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The legend says that she was a mermaid.

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I saw one, a mermaid, when I was a primary schooler. But it wasn't that sort of fairy-tale atmosphere of a story.

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The little mermaid sighed and looked sadly at her fish tail.

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"I will do it," said the little mermaid, and she became pale as death.

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