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English

Etymology

From Middle English heron, heroun, heiron, from Anglo-Norman heiron, from Old Dutch *heigero (compare Middle Dutch heiger), from Frankish and Proto-West Germanic *hraigr?, from Proto-Germanic *haigrô (compare Swedish häger), dissimilation of *hraigrô (compare Old English hr?gra, Dutch reiger, German Reiher), from imitative Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreik-, *(s)kreig- (“to screech, creak”) (compare Welsh crëyr (“heron”), Ancient Greek ????? (kríz?, “to creak, screech”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?h???n/
• Rhymes: -???n

Noun

heron (plural herons)

1. A long-legged, long-necked wading bird of the family Ardeidae.

Coordinate terms

• (a wading bird): egret, bittern, crane, heronsew, stork

Translations

Further reading

• heron on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Ardeidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Ardeidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• Honer, Horne, Rhone, Rhône, honer, horne, rhone

Middle English

Alternative forms

• hayroun, heyroun, heroun, herne, heiron, heyrune, heyrone, herowne, heern

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman heiron, from Medieval Latin hair?, *haigr?, from Old Dutch *heigero, from Frankish/Proto-West Germanic *hraigr?, from Proto-Germanic *haigrô, from earlier *hraigrô via dissimilation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?h??run/, /?h??r(?)n/, /?h?i?run/, /h?i??ru?n/

Noun

heron (plural herons)

1. the grey heron (Ardea cinerea), or (rarely) a representation of it used in heraldry
2. the meat of a heron used as food.

Related terms

• heronsewe

Descendants

• English: heron, hern
• Scots: hern

References

• “heir?un, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-06.

Middle French

Alternative forms

• hairon

Etymology

From Old French heron, of Germanic origin, probably from Frankish *hraigr?.

Noun

heron m (plural herons)

1. heron

Descendants

• French: héron

English

Noun

heroa

1. plural of heroon

Anagrams

• Hoare, Horae, Horæ, hearo

Esperanto

Adjective

heroa (accusative singular heroan, plural heroaj, accusative plural heroajn)

1. heroic

Related terms

• heroo
• heroe

Latin

Adjective

h?r?a

1. nominative feminine singular of h?r?us
2. nominative neuter plural of h?r?us
3. accusative neuter plural of h?r?us
4. vocative feminine singular of h?r?us
5. vocative neuter plural of h?r?us

Adjective

h?r??

1. ablative feminine singular of h?r?us