maenad

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈmiːnæd/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈmaɪ-/
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• General-American: /ˈmiˌnæd/
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• General-American: /ˈmaɪ-/
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From Latin Maenad- (“frenzied female follower of Bacchus”), root of Maenās, from Ancient Greek μαινάς (mainás, “raving, frantic”), from μαίνομαι (maínomai, “to be mad, to rage”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to mind; to think; spiritual activity”).

43 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Basque: menade — female follower of Dionysus
• Breton: mainadezed — female follower of Dionysus
• Breton: menadezed — female follower of Dionysus
• Bulgarian: менада (menada) — female follower of Dionysus
• Catalan: mènada — female follower of Dionysus
• Chinese Mandarin: 邁那得斯 /迈那得斯 (màinàdésī) — female follower of Dionysus
• Czech: mainad — female follower of Dionysus
• Czech: bakchant — female follower of Dionysus
• Danish: mænade — female follower of Dionysus
• Dutch: maenade — female follower of Dionysus
• Dutch: mainade — female follower of Dionysus
• Esperanto: menado — female follower of Dionysus
• Estonian: menaad — female follower of Dionysus
• Finnish: mainadi — female follower of Dionysus
• French: ménade — female follower of Dionysus
• West-Frisian: mainade — female follower of Dionysus
• German: Mänade — female follower of Dionysus
• Ancient Greek: μαινάς (mainás) — female follower of Dionysus
• Indonesian: mainad — female follower of Dionysus
• Italian: menade — female follower of Dionysus
• Italian: evia — female follower of Dionysus
• Latin: maenade — female follower of Dionysus
• Latin: Thyias — female follower of Dionysus
• Lithuanian: mainadė — female follower of Dionysus
• Lithuanian: menadė — female follower of Dionysus
• Macedonian: мена́да (menáda) — female follower of Dionysus
• Malay: maenad — female follower of Dionysus
• Persian: مایناد (māynād) — female follower of Dionysus
• Polish: menada — female follower of Dionysus
• Portuguese: ménade — female follower of Dionysus
• Romanian: menade — female follower of Dionysus
• Russian: мена́да (menáda) — female follower of Dionysus
• Serbo-Croatian: menade — female follower of Dionysus
• Slovak: mainad — female follower of Dionysus
• Slovak: menád — female follower of Dionysus
• Spanish: ménade — female follower of Dionysus
• Swedish: menad — female follower of Dionysus
• Turkish: maenad — female follower of Dionysus
• Ukrainian: менада (menada) — female follower of Dionysus
• Vietnamese: nữ thần loạn trí — female follower of Dionysus
• Finnish: mainadi — excessively emotional or wild woman
• French: ménade — excessively emotional or wild woman
• Polish: bachantka — excessively emotional or wild woman