ménade

• mænade (obsolete)

From Latin maenas (“bacchant”), from Ancient Greek μαινάς (mainás, “raving, frantic”), from Ancient Greek μαίνεσθαι (maínesthai, “be furious”).

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ménade f (plural ménades)

1. maenad (follower of Dionysus)

• “ménade”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Borrowed from Latin maenas.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmenade/ [ˈme.na.ð̞e]
• Rhymes: -enade
• Syllabification: mé‧na‧de

ménade f (plural ménades)

1. maenad (follower of Dionysus)

• “ménade”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024