hera

English

Etymology

Apparently a feminization of hero, replacing -o (suffix implying masculinity) with -a (“suffix implying femininity”). Sometimes capitalized as if assumed to be related to Hera.

Noun

hera (plural heras)

1. (uncommon) A female hero; a heroine, especially in lesbian or feminist circles.

   Synonym: shero

   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:hera.

Anagrams

• Ahre, Hare, RHAe, Rahe, Rhea, hare, hear, rhea

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *hëra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈherɑ/,
• Rhymes: -erɑ
• Syllabification^(key): he‧ra

Noun

hera

1. whey
2. blood serum

Declension

Synonyms

• (blood serum): verihera, seerumi, veriseerumi

Derived terms

Further reading

• “hera”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈhe.ra/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈe.ra/,

Noun

hera f (genitive herae); first declension

1. Alternative form of era

Declension

First-declension noun.

References

• “hera”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “hera”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• hera in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• hera in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “hera”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎
• “hera”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “hera”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Old Frisian

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *hauʀijan. Cognate with Old English hīeran and Old Saxon hōrian.

Alternative forms

• (Late Old Frisian) heera

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈheːra/,

Verb

hēra

2. (transitive) to hear
4. (transitive) to belong to

Inflection

Descendants

• Saterland Frisian: here
• West Frisian: hearre

Etymology 2

From Old Saxon hērro, from Old High German hērro, from Proto-Germanic *hairaz (“grey-haired”), whence also the doublet of hār (“honourable”).

Alternative forms

• hēr

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈherːa/

Noun

hēra m

2. lord

Descendants

• Saterland Frisian: Here

References

• Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, pages 28, 198

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hēr (“here, hither”).

Adverb

hera

1. hither

Polish

Etymology

Clipping of heroina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxɛ.ra/
• Rhymes: -ɛra
• Syllabification: he‧ra

Noun

hera f

1. (slang) heroin

Declension

Further reading

• hera in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• hera in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese edra, from Latin hedera (“ivy”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰed- (“to seize, grasp, take”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: he‧ra
• Homophones: era, Hera
• Rhymes: -ɛɾɐ

Noun

hera f (plural heras)

1. ivy (plant)

   Synonyms: (Trás-os-Montes) heradeira, (Trás-os-Montes) aradeira

Hypernyms

• trepadeira

Derived terms

• hera venenosa