# druida
## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Druidae.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈdɾuj.ðə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈdɾuj.ða]

### Noun

druida m (plural druides)
* (historical) druid

#### Related terms

* druídic
* druïdisme

### Further reading

* “druida” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
* “druida” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “druida”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “druida” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Italian
### Alternative forms

* druido (masculine)
* druidéssa (feminine)

### Etymology

From Latin Druidae.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdru.i.da/, /druˈi.da/
* Rhymes: -uida, -ida
* Hyphenation: drù‧i‧da, dru‧ì‧da

### Noun

druida m or f by sense (masculine plural druidi, feminine plural druide)
* (historical) druid

#### Derived terms

* druidico
* druidismo

### Further reading

* druida in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
* druida in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
* druida in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
* druida in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
* druida in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
* druida in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Druida.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈdɾuj.dɐ/ [ˈdɾuɪ̯.dɐ], (proscribed) /dɾuˈi.dɐ/ [dɾʊˈi.dɐ], (proscribed, faster pronunciation) /ˈdɾwi.dɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈdɾuj.dɐ/ [ˈdɾuɪ̯.dɐ], (proscribed) /dɾuˈi.dɐ/ [dɾʊˈi.dɐ], (proscribed, faster pronunciation) /ˈdɾwi.dɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈdɾuj.da/ [ˈdɾuɪ̯.da], (proscribed) /dɾuˈi.da/ [dɾʊˈi.da], (proscribed, faster pronunciation) /ˈdɾwi.da/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈdɾuj.dɐ/ [ˈdɾuj.ðɐ]
* Hyphenation: drui‧da

### Noun

druida m (plural druidas, feminine druidesa or druidisa, feminine plural druidesas or druidisas)
* (historical) druid

#### Derived terms

* druídico
* druidismo

### Further reading

* “druida”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
* “druida”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
* “druida” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
* “druida”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “druida”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “druida”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from French druide, assumed singular of attested plural Latin Druidae, from Gaulish [Term?] (compare Irish draoi (“druid, wizard”), Scottish Gaelic druidh (“charmer, sorcerer”)). More at English druid.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdɾwida/ [ˈd̪ɾwi.ð̞a]
* Rhymes: -ida
* Syllabification: drui‧da

### Noun

druida m (plural druidas)
* (historical) druid

#### Derived terms

* druídico
* druidismo

### Further reading

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