heroina

See also: heroína, heroïna, and Heroina

Finnish

Noun

heroina

1. essive plural of hera

Italian

Noun

heroina f (plural heroine, masculine heroe)

1. (obsolete) Alternative spelling of eroina

Latin

Alternative forms

• heroine

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἡρωίνη (hērōínē).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /heː.roːˈiː.na/, [heːroːˈiːnä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /e.roˈi.na/, [eroˈiːnä]

Noun

hērōīna f (genitive hērōīnae); first declension

1. heroine
2. demigoddess

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	hērōīna	hērōīnae
Genitive	hērōīnae	hērōīnārum
Dative	hērōīnae	hērōīnīs
Accusative	hērōīnam	hērōīnās
Ablative	hērōīnā	hērōīnīs
Vocative	hērōīna	hērōīnae

Descendants

• English: heroine
• German: Heroin

References

• “heroina”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Heroin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xɛ.rɔˈi.na/

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• Rhymes: -ina
• Syllabification: he‧ro‧i‧na

Noun

heroina f (related adjective heroinowy)

1. heroin (powerful and addictive drug derived from opium producing intense euphoria; classed as an illegal narcotic in most of the world)

   Synonym: hera

Declension

Declension of heroina

	singular
nominative	heroina
genitive	heroiny
dative	heroinie
accusative	heroinę
instrumental	heroiną
locative	heroinie
vocative	heroino

Further reading

• heroina in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• heroina in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xeroǐːna/
• Hyphenation: he‧ro‧i‧na

Noun

heroína f (Cyrillic spelling херои́на)

1. heroine

Declension

Declension of heroina

	singular	plural
nominative	heroina	heroine
genitive	heroine	heroina
dative	heroini	heroinama
accusative	heroinu	heroine
vocative	heroino	heroine
locative	heroini	heroinama
instrumental	heroinom	heroinama