# hera
## English
### Etymology

Apparently a feminization of hero, replacing -o (suffix implying masculinity) with -a (“suffix implying femininity”). Sometimes capitalized as if assumed to be related to Hera.

### Noun

hera (plural heras)
* (uncommon) A female hero; a heroine, especially in lesbian or feminist circles.
    Synonym: shero
** For quotations using this term, see Citations:hera.

### Anagrams

* Ahre, Hare, RHAe, Rahe, Rhea, hare, hear, rhea

## Albanian
### Noun

hera
* definite nominative singular of herë

## Finnish
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *hëra.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈherɑ/, [ˈhe̞rɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -erɑ
* Hyphenation: he‧ra

### Noun

hera
* whey
* blood serum

#### Declension

Possessive forms of hera (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
herani
herani
accusative
nom.
herani
herani
gen.
herani
genitive
herani
herojeni heraini $^{rare}$
partitive
heraani
herojani
inessive
herassani
heroissani
elative
herastani
heroistani
illative
heraani
heroihini
adessive
herallani
heroillani
ablative
heraltani
heroiltani
allative
heralleni
heroilleni
essive
heranani
heroinani
translative
herakseni
heroikseni
abessive
herattani
heroittani
instructive
comitative
—heroineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
herasi
herasi
accusative
nom.
herasi
herasi
gen.
herasi
genitive
herasi
herojesi heraisi $^{rare}$
partitive
heraasi
herojasi
inessive
herassasi
heroissasi
elative
herastasi
heroistasi
illative
heraasi
heroihisi
adessive
herallasi
heroillasi
ablative
heraltasi
heroiltasi
allative
herallesi
heroillesi
essive
heranasi
heroinasi
translative
heraksesi
heroiksesi
abessive
herattasi
heroittasi
instructive
comitative
—heroinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
heramme
heramme
accusative
nom.
heramme
heramme
gen.
heramme
genitive
heramme
herojemme heraimme $^{rare}$
partitive
heraamme
herojamme
inessive
herassamme
heroissamme
elative
herastamme
heroistamme
illative
heraamme
heroihimme
adessive
herallamme
heroillamme
ablative
heraltamme
heroiltamme
allative
herallemme
heroillemme
essive
heranamme
heroinamme
translative
heraksemme
heroiksemme
abessive
herattamme
heroittamme
instructive
comitative
—heroinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
heranne
heranne
accusative
nom.
heranne
heranne
gen.
heranne
genitive
heranne
herojenne herainne $^{rare}$
partitive
heraanne
herojanne
inessive
herassanne
heroissanne
elative
herastanne
heroistanne
illative
heraanne
heroihinne
adessive
herallanne
heroillanne
ablative
heraltanne
heroiltanne
allative
herallenne
heroillenne
essive
herananne
heroinanne
translative
heraksenne
heroiksenne
abessive
herattanne
heroittanne
instructive
comitative
—heroinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
heransa
heransa
accusative
nom.
heransa
heransa
gen.
heransa
genitive
heransa
herojensa herainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
heraansa
herojaan herojansa
inessive
herassaan herassansa
heroissaan heroissansa
elative
herastaan herastansa
heroistaan heroistansa
illative
heraansa
heroihinsa
adessive
herallaan herallansa
heroillaan heroillansa
ablative
heraltaan heraltansa
heroiltaan heroiltansa
allative
heralleen herallensa
heroilleen heroillensa
essive
heranaan heranansa
heroinaan heroinansa
translative
herakseen heraksensa
heroikseen heroiksensa
abessive
herattaan herattansa
heroittaan heroittansa
instructive
comitative
—heroineen heroinensa :

#### Synonyms

* (blood serum): verihera, seerumi, veriseerumi

#### Derived terms

* herainen
* Herala
* hereä
* herua
* herajauhe
* herajuusto
* herakalvo
* heraproteiini
* herasilmä
* juustohera
* verihera

### Further reading

* “hera”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈhe.ra/, [ˈhɛrä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈe.ra/, [ˈɛːrä]

### Noun

hera f (genitive herae); first declension
* Alternative form of era

#### Declension

First-declension noun.

### 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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
* hera in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, 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 and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

## Old Dutch
### Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hārijā, from Proto-Germanic *hērijǭ.

### Noun

*hēra f
* fur cloak

#### References

* “hēra”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

## Old English
### Pronunciation

IPA: /ˈxeː.rɑ/, [ˈheː.rɑ]

### Noun

hēra m
* follower, servant, one who obeys another
** late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History
    In þǣre þēode was in þā tīd Sǣberht cyning, Æðelberhtes swustorsunu ⁊ his hēra.At that time Seaberht was king of that province; he was the nephew and follower of Athelberht.

#### Declension

Weak:

### References

* Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “héra”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

## Old Frisian
### Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *hauʀijan. Cognate with Old English hīeran and Old Saxon hōrian.

#### Alternative forms

* (Late Old Frisian) heera

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈheːra/, [ˈhɛːra]

#### Verb

hēra
* (transitive) to hear
* (transitive) to belong to

##### Descendants

* Saterland Frisian: here
* West Frisian: hearre

### Etymology 2

From Old Saxon hērro, from Old High German hērro, from Proto-West Germanic *hair (“grey-haired”), whence also the doublet of hār (“honourable”).

#### Alternative forms

* hēr

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈherːa/

#### Noun

hēra m
* lord

##### Descendants

* Saterland Frisian: Here

### References

* Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, pages 28, 198

## Old High German
### Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hēr (“here, hither”).

### Adverb

hera
* hither

## Polish
### Etymology

Clipping of heroina.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈxɛ.ra/
* Rhymes: -ɛra
* Syllabification: he‧ra
* Homophones: Hera, chera

### Noun

hera f
* (slang) heroin

#### Declension
### Further reading

* hera in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* hera in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese edra, from Latin hedera (“ivy”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɛ.ɾɐ/
* Hyphenation: he‧ra
* Homophones: era, Hera
* Rhymes: -ɛɾɐ

### Noun

hera f (plural heras)
* ivy (plant)
    Synonyms: (Trás-os-Montes) heradeira, (Trás-os-Montes) aradeira

#### Hypernyms

* trepadeira

#### Derived terms

* hera venenosa