Hermione

See also: Hermionë

§English

§Alternative forms

• Hermionë

§Etymology

From the Ancient Greek Ἑρμῐόνη (Hermiónē).

§Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: hûrmīʹənĭ, IPA^(key): /hɜːˈmaɪ.ə.nɪ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /hɜɹˈmaɪ.ə.ni/, /hɜɹˈmaɪ.nɪ/
• Rhymes: -aɪəni

§Proper noun

Hermione

1. (Greek mythology) Daughter of Helen and Menelaus, wife of Orestes.
   • 1610, William Shakespeare, The Winter’s Tale: Act III, Scene II:

     Hermione, queen to the worthy Leontes, King of Sicilia, thou art here accused and arraigned of high treason

2. A female given name of mostly British usage.
   • 2002 March 7, "Sirius Black" (username), "Re: JKR is wrong!", in alt.fan.harry-potter, Usenet:

     Some literature uses a diaeresis over the e to show that it is pronounced: so Bronte, Terpsichore, Hermione, could be written as Brontë, Terpsichorë, Hermionë, but since diaereses take effort to put in there on English keyboards, writers typically leave out the optional, yet helpful, diacritical mark. I think Hermionë is a rather learnèd [ooh-another diacritical mark] girl and will decide to use the diaeresis when writing her name; when people ask why, it will give her opportunity to say “So you’ll pronounce my name correctly, ninny.”

§Translations

Daughter of Helen and Menelaus, wife of Orestes

• Armenian: Հերմիոնե (Hermione)
• French: Hermione
• German: Hermione
• Greek: Ερμιόνη (el) (Ermióni)

  Ancient: Ἑρμιόνη (Hermiónē)

• Italian: Ermione
• Latin: Hermionē
• Russian: Гермио́на (Germióna)

§See also

• Hermine (unrelated German name, used in German translations of the Harry Potter series)