Hector

See also: hector and Héctor

English

Etymology

From Latin Hectōr or Ancient Greek Ἕκτωρ (Héktōr), from ἕκτωρ (héktōr, “holding fast”), from ἔχειν (ékhein), present active infinitive of ἔχω (ékhō, “to have, own, possess; to hold”), from Proto-Indo-European *seǵʰ- (“to hold; to overpower”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɛktə/
• IPA^(key): /ˈhɛktɚ/

• Audio (GA):

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• Rhymes: -ɛktə(ɹ)
• Hyphenation: Hec‧tor

Proper noun

Hector

1. (Greek mythology, Roman mythology) A Trojan hero in Homer's Iliad.
2. A male given name from Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Hectour (obsolete)

Derived terms

• hector

Translations

Trojan hero

• Albanian: Hektori m
• Arabic: هِكْتُور m (hiktūr), هِكْطُور m (hikṭūr)
• Aragonese: Héctor m
• Armenian: Հեկտոր (hy) (Hektor)
• Azerbaijani: Hektor
• Basque: Hektor (eu)
• Belarusian: Ге́ктар m (Hjéktar)
• Bengali: হেক্টর (hekṭor)
• Breton: Hektor m
• Bulgarian: Хе́ктор m (Héktor)
• Catalan: Hèctor m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 赫克托 (Hèkètuō)

• Czech: Hektór m
• Danish: Hektor c
• Dutch: Hektor m, Hector m
• Esperanto: Hektoro
• Estonian: Hektor
• Finnish: Hektor
• French: Hector (fr) m
• Galician: Heitor m
• Georgian: ჰექტორი (hekṭori)
• German: Hektor m
• Greek: Έκτορας (el) m (Éktoras)

  Ancient: Ἕκτωρ m (Héktōr)

• Hindi: हेक्टर m (hekṭar)
• Hungarian: Hektór
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Icelandic: Hektor (is) m
• Indonesian: Hektor
• Irish: Eachtar m
• Italian: Ettore (it) m
• Japanese: ヘクター (Hekutā)
• Korean: 헥토르 (Hektoreu)
• Latvian: Hektors m
• Lithuanian: Hektoras m
• Macedonian: Хектор m (Hektor)
• Maltese: Ettore m
• Marathi: हेक्टर m (hekṭar)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Hektor m

  Nynorsk: Hektor m

• Polish: Hektor (pl) m
• Portuguese: Heitor m
• Russian: Ге́ктор (ru) m (Géktor)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Хе̏ктор m

  Roman: Hȅktor (sh) m

• Slovak: Hektor m, Hektór m
• Slovene: Hektor (sl) m
• Spanish: Héctor (es) m
• Swedish: Hektor c
• Thai: เฮกเตอร์ (hék dtêr)
• Turkish: Hektor
• Ukrainian: Ге́ктор m (Héktor)

male given name

• French: Hector (fr) m

  Middle French: Hector

• German: Hektor m
• Greek: Έκτορας (el) m (Éktoras)

  Ancient: Ἕκτωρ m (Héktōr)

• Italian: Ettore (it) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Marathi: हेक्टर m (hekṭar)
• Polish: Hektor (pl) m
• Portuguese: Heitor m
• Russian: Ге́ктор (ru) m (Géktor)
• Spanish: Héctor (es) m
• Swedish: Hektor c

Further reading

• Hector on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Hector (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Troche, orchet, rochet, rotche, tocher, troche

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Dutch

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἕκτωρ (Héktōr). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɦɛk.tɔr/
• Hyphenation: Hec‧tor
• Rhymes: -ɛktɔr

Proper noun

Hector m

1. Hector (hero from the Iliad)

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛk.tɔʁ/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Hector ?

1. (Greek mythology) Hector.
2. a male given name of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek origin.

Anagrams

• torche, torché