# herald
## English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈhɛɹəld/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛɹəld
* Homophone: Harold (Mary–marry–merry merger)

### Etymology 1

From Latin heraldus, from Middle English herald, herauld, heraud, from Anglo-Norman heraud, from Old French heraut, hiraut (modern French héraut), from Frankish *heriwald, from Proto-Germanic *harjawaldaz, a compound consisting of Proto-Indo-European *ker- (“army”) + *h₂welh₁- (“to be strong”). Doublet of Harold, Harald; compare Walter, which has these elements reversed.

#### Noun

herald (plural heralds)
* A messenger, especially one bringing important news.
    Synonym: bode
    The herald blew his trumpet and shouted that the King was dead.
* A harbinger, giving signs of things to come.
    Daffodils are heralds of Spring.
* (heraldry) An official whose speciality is heraldry, especially one between the ranks of pursuivant and king-of-arms
    Synonym: pursuivant
    Rouge Dragon is a herald at the College of Arms.
* (entomology) A moth of the species Scoliopteryx libatrix.
* (advertising) A handbill consisting of an advertisement.
** 1951 February 24, Billboard, page 52:New this season will be a 20-sheet poster depicting 21 K-M elephants parading to local Chevrolet agencies. Deal calls for use of the 20-sheet on poster panels where the auto agency has space allotment. Smaller versions of the same art also will be used. Circulation of Kelly-Miller heralds, which last season averaged between 5,000 and 6,000 copies per stand, will be in for one of the greatest boosts this year.

##### Derived terms

* herald moth
* herald patch

##### Related terms

* heraldic
* heraldry

##### Translations

Albanian: lajmëtar (sq) m
Bulgarian: пра́теник (bg) m (prátenik)
Burmese: သံတော်ဆင့် (my) (samtauhcang.)
Catalan: herald m
Danish: herold c
Dutch: heraut (nl) m
Egyptian: (wḥm)
Finnish: sanansaattaja (fi)
French: héraut (fr) m, héraldesse (fr) f
German: Herold (de) m, Bote (de) m
Gothic: 𐍃𐍀𐌹𐌻𐌻𐌰 m (spilla)
Greek: κήρυκας (el) m (kírykas), αγγελιοφόρος (el) m or f (angeliofóros)
Ancient: κῆρυξ m (kêrux)
Indonesian: bentara (id)
Irish: aralt m, bolscaire m
Italian: araldo (it) m, messaggero (it) m, messo (it) m, banditore (it) m, corriere (it) m
Japanese: 使者 (ja) (ししゃ, shisha), 布告者 (ふこくしゃ, fukokusha), 告知者 (こうちしゃ, kōchisha), 伝令官 (でんれいかん, denreikan), ヘラルド (herarudo)
Latin: praecō m
Macedonian: гла́сник m (glásnik), пра́теник m (prátenik)
Maori: kaiwaewae, karere, pūrahorua
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: проповѣдьникъ m (propovědĭnikŭ)
Old English: ār m
Persian: جلویز (fa) (jalviz), قاصد (fa) sg (qāsed), پیک (fa) sg (peyk)
Portuguese: arauto (pt) m, mensageiro (pt)
Romanian: mesager (ro) m, trimis (ro) m, sol (ro) m
Russian: ве́стник (ru) m (véstnik)
Spanish: heraldo (es)
Swedish: härold (sv) c
Turkish: haberci (tr) :

#### Verb

herald (third-person singular simple present heralds, present participle heralding, simple past and past participle heralded)
* (transitive) To proclaim or announce an event.
    Synonyms: disclose, make known; see also Thesaurus:announce
    Daffodils herald the Spring.
** 2020 December 2, Paul Bigland, “My weirdest and wackiest Rover yet”, in Rail, page 67:Our arrival at Worcester is heralded by the appearance of the city's cathedral tower, a solid square structure that's dominated the skyline since the 12th century.
* (transitive, usually passive) To greet something with excitement; to hail.
    The film was heralded by critics.

##### Translations
### Etymology 2
#### Noun

herald (plural heralds)
* Alternative form of hareld (“long-tailed duck”)

### Anagrams

* -hedral, Erdahl, Hadler, Halder, hardel, hareld, harled

## Catalan
### Noun

herald m (plural heralds)
* herald (messenger)

## Romanian
### Alternative forms

* erold, arold — obsolete

### Etymology

Cf. German Herold, Italian araldo.

### Noun

herald m (plural heralzi)
* deputy in charge of various tasks in medieval courts

#### Declension
### References

* herald in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)