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English
Noun
heroe (plural heroes)
- Obsolete form of hero.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC:
- The heroe of this great history appears with very bad omens.
Esperanto
Pronunciation
Adverb
heroe
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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
Noun
heroe m (plural heroes, feminine heroína, feminine plural heroínas)
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References
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “heroe”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Further reading
- “heroe”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [heːˈroː.ɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [eˈrɔː.e]
Etymology 1
Noun
hērōe
Etymology 2
Adjective
hērōe
Noun
hērōe
Portuguese
Noun
heroe m (plural heroes, feminine heroina, feminine plural heroinas)
- pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of herói
- 1933, Graciliano Ramos, chapter VIII, in Cahetés, 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!
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Swahili
Pronunciation
Noun
heroe class IX (plural heroe class X)
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