heroe

See also: Heroe and héroe

English

Noun

heroe (plural heroes)

  1. Obsolete form of hero.

Esperanto

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /heˈroe/
  • Rhymes: -oe
  • Hyphenation: he‧ro‧e

Adverb

heroe

  1. heroically

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin hērōs (hero), from Ancient Greek ἥρως (hḗrōs, demi-god, hero), from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (to watch over, protect).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛˈɾɔe/ [ɛˈɾɔ.ɪ]
  • Rhymes: -ɔe
  • Hyphenation: he‧ro‧e

Noun

heroe m (plural heroes, feminine heroína, feminine plural heroínas)

  1. hero

Further reading

References

Latin

Noun

hērōe

  1. ablative singular of hērōs

Portuguese

Noun

heroe m (plural heroes, feminine heroina, feminine plural heroinas)

  1. Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of herói.
    • 1933, Graciliano Ramos, chapter VIII, in Cahetés[1], 1st edition, Rio de Janeiro: Schmidt, page 51:
      — Não, não sou inimigo de ninguem. Mas gosto daquella maneira de achincalhar um typo. A familia do Mesquita... Magnifico! Heroes que luctaram com os hollandezes! []
      — No, I’m nobody’s enemy. But I like that way of putting someone down. Mesquita’s family... Magnificent! Heroes who fought with the Dutch!

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Noun

heroe class IX (plural heroe class X)

  1. flamingo
    Synonym: flamingo