heroi

See also: Heroi and herói

Basque

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin hērōs (“demigod, hero”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /heɾoi̯/ [he.ɾoi̯]
• IPA^(key): (Southern) /eɾoi̯/ [e.ɾoi̯]

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• Rhymes: -eɾoi̯, -oi̯
• Hyphenation: he‧roi

Noun

heroi anim

1. hero

Derived terms

• antiheroi
• heroismo
• superheroi

Related terms

• heroiko

Further reading

• “heroi”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “heroi” in Labayru Hiztegia

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əˈɾɔj]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [eˈɾɔj]

Noun

heroi m (plural herois, feminine heroïna)

1. hero

Derived terms

• heroisme

Related terms

• heroic
• heroïcitat

Galician

Alternative forms

• heroe, herói

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): /ɛˈɾɔj/ [ɛˈɾɔj]
• Rhymes: -ɔj
• Hyphenation: he‧roi

Noun

heroi m (plural herois, feminine heroína, feminine plural heroínas)

1. hero

Related terms

• heroicidade
• heroico
• heroína
• heroísmo

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “heroi”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Ido

Noun

heroi

1. plural of heroo

Latin

Noun

hērōī

1. dative singular of hērōs