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hero

English

Etymology

From Middle English heroes, from Old French heroes, from Latin h?r?s (hero), from Ancient Greek ???? (h?r?s, demi-god, hero), from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (to watch over, protect). Related to Latin servo (protect). Displaced Middle English heleð, haleð, from Old English hæleþ.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /?h??o?/, /?hi?o?/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?h?????/
  • (Canada) IPA(key): /?h???o?/
  • Hyphenation: he?ro
  • Rhymes: -?????

Noun

hero (plural heroes, feminine heroine)

  1. Somebody who possesses great bravery and carries out extraordinary or noble deeds.
  2. A role model.
  3. The protagonist in a work of fiction.
  4. (poker) The current player, especially an hypothetical player for example and didactic purposes. Compare: villain (any opponent player). Not to be confused with hero call (a weak call against a supposed bluff).
    Let's discuss how to play if the hero has KK, and there's an ace on board.
  5. (US) A large sandwich made from meats and cheeses; a hero sandwich.
  6. (food styling, chiefly attributive) The product chosen from several candidates to be photographed.
    • 2003, Solomon H. Katz, William Woys Weaver, Encyclopedia of Food and Culture
      The preparation of the hero food involves any number of specialized techniques food stylists have developed to deal with the demands of photographing food.
    • 2008, Linda Bellingham, Jean Ann Bybee, Brad G. Rogers, Food Styling for Photographers (page 8)
      Protect the hero food. Whether the hero items are on a table in the studio or in the refrigerator, freezer, etc., be sure they are identified as hero items and not for consumption.
    • 2008, David Random, Defying Gravity (page 24)
      The food stylists this day had spent inordinate amounts of time preparing the hero product for a close-up scene.
  7. (web design) The eye-catching top portion of a web page, sometimes including a hero image; the portion above the fold.

Synonyms

  • see Thesaurus:hero
  • (sandwich): see sub

Derived terms

Related terms

  • heroine (hero (female))

See also

  • kamikaze
  • martyr
  • shaheed

Translations

References

Anagrams

  • Rohe, heor, hoer, rheo-, rohe

Cebuano

Etymology

From English hero, from Old French heroes, from Latin h?r?s (hero), from Ancient Greek ???? (h?r?s, demi-god, hero), from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (to watch over, protect).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: he?ro

Noun

hero

  1. a hero

German

Adverb

hero

  1. (archaic) Alternative form of her

Further reading

  • “hero” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.

Luo

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Verb

hero

  1. to love

Middle English

Determiner

hero

  1. Alternative form of here (their)

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cero

English

Etymology

Corruption of Spanish sierra (sawfish).

Noun

cero (plural ceros or ceroes)

  1. A large scombroid food fish (Scomberomorus regalis) found chiefly in the West Indies.

References

  • Cero (fish) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Scomberomorus regalis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
  • Scomberomorus regalis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

  • -core, CORE, Core, ROCE, co-r.e., core, creo, ocre

Asturian

Numeral

cero

  1. zero

Noun

cero m (plural ceros)

  1. zero

Galician

Pronunciation

Numeral

cero (indeclinable)

  1. zero

Italian

Etymology

From Latin c?reus. Doublet of cereo.

Noun

cero m (plural ceri)

  1. long church candle

Related terms

Anagrams

  • creo, creò, ocre, reco, recò

Latin

Etymology

From c?ra (wax) +? -?.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /?ke?.ro?/, [?ke??o?]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?t??e.ro/, [?t??????]

Verb

c?r? (present infinitive c?r?re, perfect active c?r?v?, supine c?r?tum); first conjugation

  1. I smear or coat with wax

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • cero in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • cero in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • cero in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Spanish

Etymology

From New Latin zerum, from Medieval Latin zephirum, from Andalusian Arabic ?????? (?ífr), from Classical Arabic ?????? (?ifr, zero, nothing, empty, void).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /??e?o/, [??e.?o]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /?se?o/, [?se.?o]
  • See also: acero, cerro, cera

Numeral

cero

  1. zero

Noun

cero m (plural ceros)

  1. zero

Derived terms

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