heter

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew היתר

Noun

heter

  1. Special permission from a rabbi to break a commandment.
    • 1995 February 3, YOSEF KAZEN, “Petitions, Acceptance, and Moshiach”, in soc.culture.jewish (Usenet):
      What comes to mind is the famous issue on ZIM SHIPPING - an Israeli company owned by Jews and they tried to get a heter for running their ships on Shabbos.

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -eːtər

Adjective

heter

  1. comparative degree of heet

Anagrams

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

heter

  1. present tense of hete (Etymologies 3 & 4)

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse heitr, from Proto-Germanic *haitaz.

Adjective

hēter

  1. hot

Declension

Descendants

  • Swedish: het

Polish

Pronunciation

Noun

heter f

  1. genitive plural of hetera

Swedish

Pronunciation

Verb

heter

  1. present indicative of heta