heroe

See also: Heroe and héroe

English

Noun

heroe (plural heroes)

1. 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

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

Adverb

heroe

1. heroically

Related terms

• heroo
• heroa

Galician

Alternative forms

• heroi

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

Related terms

• heroicidade
• heroico
• heroísmo

Further reading

• “heroe”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

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

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