heroic

English

Alternative forms

heroick

Etymology

hero +‎ -ic

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /hɪˈɹoʊ.ɪk/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /hɪˈɹəʊ.ɪk/
Hyphenation: he‧ro‧ic
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -əʊɪk

Adjective

heroic (comparative more heroic, superlative most heroic)

Of or relating to a hero or heroine; supremely noble
heroic deeds
Courageous; displaying heroism.

Antonyms

cowardly

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

of or relating to a hero or heroine

Bulgarian: геройски (bg) (gerojski)
Catalan: heroic
Danish: heroisk
Galician: heroico m
Portuguese: heróico (pt) m, heróica (pt) f

Romanian: eroic (ro)
Russian: геройский (ru) (gerojskij)
Swedish: heroisk (sv)
Volapük: (♂♀) heroedanik, (♂) hiheroedanik, (♀) jiheroedanik

of or relating to heroism

Armenian: հերոսական (hy) (herosakan)
Bulgarian: героичен (bg) (geroičen)
Catalan: heroic
Czech: hrdinský (cs) m
Danish: heltemodig, heroisk
Esperanto: heroa
Finnish: sankarillinen (fi), urhoollinen (fi)
French: héroïque (fr)
Galician: heroico

German: heldenhaft (de), heroisch (de)
Ido: heroala (io), heroatra (io)
Polish: bohaterski (pl) m
Portuguese: heróico (pt)
Romanian: eroic (ro)
Russian: герои́ческий (ru) (geroíčeskij)
Spanish: heroico (es)
Swedish: heroisk (sv)
Volapük: heroedik (vo)

Anagrams

cheiro-, coheir

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin hērōicus.

Pronunciation

(Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /əˈɾɔjk/

(Valencian) IPA^(key): /eˈɾɔjk/

Adjective

heroic (feminine heroica, masculine plural heroics, feminine plural heroiques)

heroic

Related terms

Further reading

“heroic” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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