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

• Juno

References

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

Anagrams

• hare
• hear
• RHAe
• rhea, Rhea

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

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

• Hara

Polish

Proper noun

Hera f

1. (Greek mythology) Hera

Declension

Portuguese

Hera

Etymology

Borrowing from Ancient Greek Ἥρα ‎(Hḗra).

Pronunciation

• Homophones: era, hera

Noun

Hera f

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

See also

• Juno

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowing from Ancient Greek Ἥρα ‎(Hḗra).

Pronunciation

• Homophone: era

Proper noun

Hera f

1. Hera

Finnish

Noun

hera

1. whey
2. blood serum

Declension

Derived terms

• herahtaa
• herua

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.

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, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “hera”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: 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 Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

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

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.ɾa/
• Homophones: era, Hera

Noun

hera f (plural heras)

1. ivy (plant)

Synonyms

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

Hypernyms

• trepadeira

Derived terms

• hera venenosa