heroine en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- hĕrōĭn
- (California) audio
- /ˈhɛɹəʊɪn/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈhɪɹoʊɪn/ (Canada, General-American)
- /hiro.ɪn/ (South-Asia)
- /ˈhɛɹoʊɪn/ (Canada, General-American)
- hîrōĭn
Etymology
From Latin hērōīna, from late Ancient Greek ἡρωΐνη (hērōḯnē) (2nd century), a feminine equivalent of ἥρως (hḗrōs, “hero, demigod”), equivalent to hero + -ine (suffix forming feminine nouns). * English from 1587. The sense of "female lead character" is from 1715.
Meanings
- A female hero.
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A female lead character.
'I infer that you are the lady of the paragraph,' and the lifted hand indicated the open sheet of the Record lying nearby. […] 'Oh,' said Mr Carrados with an amused and deepening interest, 'so in addition to being the heroine of the adventure you wrote it up?'
1927, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados Mysteries:Miss Phyllis Morgan, as the hapless heroine dressed in the shabbiest of clothes, appears in the midst of a gay and giddy throng; she apostrophises all and sundry there, including the villain, and has a magnificent scene which always brings down the house, and nightly adds to her histrionic laurels.
1904–1905, Baroness Orczy [i.e., Emma Orczy], “The Affair at the Novelty Theatre”, in The Case of Miss Elliott, London: T[homas] Fisher Unwin, published 1905, →OCLC; republished as popular edition, London: Greening & Co., 1909, OCLC 11192831, quoted in The Case of Miss Elliott (ebook no. 2000141h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg of Australia, February 2020:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| heroines | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| heroin | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic |
Deriveds
heroinize · tragic heroine · mother heroine · anti-heroine · antiheroine · superheroine · heroineship · heroinism · Byronic heroine · heroinely · heroinic
Synonyms
Translations (87)
hu hősnő (female hero) · cmn 烈女 (female hero) · ka გმირი ქალი (female hero) · nn heltinne (female hero) · ms srikandi (female hero) · km វីរនារី (female hero) · id srikandi (female hero) · ur ہیروئِین (female hero) · ru герои́ня (female hero) · th วีรสตรี (female hero) · vi anh thư (nữ anh hùng) (female hero) · lo ວິລະສະຕີ (female hero) · cy gwrones (female hero) · tr kadın kahraman (female hero) · sl junakinja (female hero) · zza sherdara (female hero) · nb heltinne (female hero) · ko 용부 (female hero) · fi sankaritar (female hero) · cmn 女主角 (female hero) · ms wirawati (female hero) · es heroína (female hero) · hi हीरोइन (female hero) · sk hrdinka (female hero) · sh junàkinja (female hero) · yi העלדין (female hero) · hi नायिका (female hero) · sq trimëneshë (female hero) · rsk героїня (female hero) · ja 勇婦 (female hero) · eo heroino (female hero) · ga banlaoch (female hero) · el ηρωίνη (female hero) · ko 렬녀 (female hero) · lo ວີຣະສະຕີ (female hero) · rsk юнакиня (female hero) · sh јуна̀киња (female hero) · mk јунакиња (female hero) · ro eroină (female hero) · de Heroine (female hero) · nl heldin (female hero) · sh херои́на (female hero) · ur نایَکا (female hero) · hy հերոսուհի (female hero) · lt didvyrė (female hero) · be гераі́ня (female hero) · ga banghaiscíoch (female hero) · pl bohaterka (female hero) · ca heroïna (female hero) · de Heldin (female hero) · cs hrdinka (female hero) · fy heldinne (female hero) · sq trime (female hero) · bg юнаки́ня (female hero) · uk герої́ня (female hero) · ar بَطَلَة (female hero) · sq kreshnike (female hero) · io heroino (female hero) · ko 여자영웅 (female hero) · sl heroina (female hero) · grc ἡρωΐς (female hero) · da heltinde (female hero) · et kangelanna (female hero) · fr héroïne (female hero) · mk херои́на (female hero) · ja ヒロイン (female hero) · el ηρωίδα (female hero) · bg герои́ня (female hero) · km នារីក្លាហាន (female hero) · sv hjältinna (female hero) · sh heroína (female hero) · pt heroína (female hero) · gd bana-ghaisgeach (female hero) · oc eroïna (female hero) · ps اتله (female hero) · cmn 女主人公 (female hero) · ko 히로인 (female hero) · grc ἡρωΐνη (female hero) · ko 열녀 (female hero) · fa-ira شیرْزَن (female hero) · lv varone (female hero) · cmn 英雌 (female hero) · ur بَطَلَہ (female hero) · cmn 女英雄 (female hero) · bn বীরাঙ্গনা (female hero) · ja 烈女 (female hero) · it eroina (female hero)