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Interlingua
Noun
hetera (plural heteras)
- (historical) hetaera
Polish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἑταῖρα (hetaîra).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /xɛˈtɛ.ra/
- Rhymes: -ɛra
- Syllabification: he‧te‧ra
Noun
hetera f
- (Ancient Greece, historical) hetaera (hired female companion)
- Hypernyms: córa Koryntu, kurtyzana, prostytutka
- (humorous) ball-buster (tough woman)
- Synonyms: baba-chłop, babochłop, chłopczyca, chłopobaba, dragon, harpia, herod-baba, kobieton, megiera
Declension
Further reading
- hetera in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- hetera in Polish dictionaries at PWN