English-Thai Dictionary

mermaid

N นาง เงือก  เงือก  water nymph sea nymph nang-nguek

 

mermaid

N ผู้หญิง ว่ายน้ำ เก่ง  phu-yang-wai-nam-kang

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MERMAID

n.[L. mare, the sea, and maid. ] A marine animal, said to resemble a woman in the upper parts of the body, and a fish in the lower part. The male is called the merman.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

MERMAID

Mer "maid, n. Etym: [AS. mere lake, sea. See Mere lake, and maid. ]

 

Defn: A fabled marine creature, typically represented as having the upper part like that of a woman, and the lower like a fish; a sea nymph, sea woman, or woman fish.

 

Note: Chaucer uses this word as equivalent to the siren of the ancients. Mermaid fish (Zoöl.) the angel fish (Squatina ). -- Mermaid's glove (Zoöl.), a British branched sponge somewhat resembling a glove. -- Mermaid's head (Zoöl.), a European spatangoid sea urchin (Echinocardium cordatum ) having some resemblance to a skull. -- Mermaid weed (Bot. ), an aquatic herb with dentate or pectinate leaves (Proserpinaca palustris and P. pectinacea ).

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

mermaid

mer maid |ˈmərˌmād ˈmərˌmeɪd | ▶noun a fictitious or mythical half-human sea creature with the head and trunk of a woman and the tail of a fish, conventionally depicted as beautiful and with long flowing golden hair. ORIGIN Middle English: from mere 2 (in the obsolete sense ‘sea ’) + maid .

 

mermaid's purse

mer maid's purse ▶noun the horny egg case of a skate, ray, or small shark.

 

Oxford Dictionary

mermaid

mer |maid |ˈməːmeɪd | ▶noun a mythical sea creature with the head and trunk of a woman and the tail of a fish, conventionally depicted as beautiful and with long flowing golden hair. ORIGIN Middle English: from mere 2 (in the obsolete sense ‘sea ’) + maid .

 

mermaid's purse

mer |maid's purse ▶noun the horny egg case of a skate, ray, or small shark.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

mermaid

mer maid /mə́ː r mèɪd /名詞 C (女の )人魚, マーメイド .