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Finnish
Noun
heroina
- essive plural of hera
Italian
Noun
heroina f (plural heroine, masculine heroe)
- (obsolete) Alternative spelling of eroina
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἡρωίνη (hērōínē).
Pronunciation
Noun
hērōīna f (genitive hērōīnae); first declension
- heroine
- demigoddess
Declension
First-declension noun.
Descendants
References
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from German Heroin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /xɛ.rɔˈi.na/
- Rhymes: -ina
- Syllabification: he‧ro‧i‧na
Noun
heroina f (related adjective heroinowy)
- heroin (powerful and addictive drug derived from opium producing intense euphoria; classed as an illegal narcotic in most of the world)
- Synonym: hera
Declension
Further reading
- heroina in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- heroina in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /xeroǐːna/
- Hyphenation: he‧ro‧i‧na
Noun
heroína f (Cyrillic spelling херои́на)
- heroine
Declension