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Hera

Hera

See also: hera and Héra

English

Hera

Proper noun

Hera

  1. (Greek mythology) The queen of the gods, and goddess of marriage and birth; daughter of Cronus and Rhea, sister and wife of Zeus,[1] mother of Hephaestus, Ares, and Hebe.

Translations

See also

References

  1. Oxford Dictionary of World Mythology, Arthur Cotterell, Oxford University Press, 1986

Anagrams


Catalan

Pronunciation

  • Homophone: era

Etymology

Borrowing from Ancient Greek Ἥρα (Hḗra).

Proper noun

Hera f

  1. Hera

Faroese

Proper noun

Hera f

  1. A female given name

Usage notes

Matronymics

  • son of Hera: Heruson
  • daughter of Hera: Herudóttir

Declension

Singular
Indefinite
Nominative Hera
Accusative Heru
Dative Heru
Genitive Heru

Galician

Etymology

Borrowing from Ancient Greek Ἥρα (Hḗra).

Pronunciation

  • Homophone: era

Proper noun

Hera f

  1. Hera

German

Proper noun

Hera f

  1. (Greek mythology) Hera

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhɛːra/
  • Rhymes: -ɛːra

Proper noun

Hera f

  1. (Greek mythology) Hera
  2. A female given name

Declension


Lithuanian

Etymology

Borrowing from Ancient Greek Ἥρα (Hḗra).

Proper noun

Hera f

  1. (Greek mythology) Hera, the queen of the gods and goddess of marriage and birth

Declension


Maori

Etymology

From English Sarah.

Proper noun

Hera

  1. A female given name, equivalent to English Sarah.

Related terms


Polish

Proper noun

Hera f

  1. (Greek mythology) Hera

Declension


Portuguese

Hera

Etymology

Borrowing from Ancient Greek Ἥρα (Hḗra).

Pronunciation

Noun

Hera f

  1. (Greek mythology) Hera (goddess of marriage and birth)

See also


Spanish

Etymology

Borrowing from Ancient Greek Ἥρα (Hḗra).

Pronunciation

  • Homophone: era

Proper noun

Hera f

  1. Hera

hera

hera

See also: Hera and Héra

Finnish

Noun

hera

  1. whey
  2. blood serum

Declension

Inflection of hera (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative hera herat
genitive heran herojen
partitive heraa heroja
illative heraan heroihin
singular plural
nominative hera herat
accusative nom. hera herat
gen. heran
genitive heran herojen
herainrare
partitive heraa heroja
inessive herassa heroissa
elative herasta heroista
illative heraan heroihin
adessive heralla heroilla
ablative heralta heroilta
allative heralle heroille
essive herana heroina
translative heraksi heroiksi
instructive heroin
abessive heratta heroitta
comitative heroineen

Derived terms

Related terms

Synonyms
  • (blood serum): verihera, seerumi, veriseerumi

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈhe.ra/, [ˈhɛ.ra]

Noun

hera f (genitive herae); first declension

  1. Alternative form of era

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative hera herae
genitive herae herārum
dative herae herīs
accusative heram herās
ablative herā herīs
vocative hera herae

References


Old Frisian

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hauzijaną.

Verb

hēra

  1. to hear

Conjugation

Descendants

  • West Frisian: hearre

Old High German

Adverb

hera

  1. hither

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin hedera (ivy)

Pronunciation

Noun

hera f (plural heras)

  1. ivy (plant)

Synonyms

  • (Trás-os-Montes) heradeira, (Trás-os-Montes) aradeira

Hypernyms

Derived terms

  • hera venenosa