heroine
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heroine¹
- /ˈhɪɹoʊɪn/ Canada, US
- /hiro.ɪn/ South Asia
- /ˈhɛɹəʊɪn/ UK
- /ˈhɛɹoʊɪn/ Canada, US
Sounds like heroin
Where it comes from
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.
noun heroines · heroin
- A female hero.
- A female lead character. 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.
heroine²
- /ˈhɪɹoʊɪn/ Canada, US
- /hiro.ɪn/ South Asia
- /ˈhɛɹəʊɪn/ UK
- /ˈhɛɹoʊɪn/ Canada, US
Sounds like heroin
Where it comes from
Partly from the noun and partly from hero + -ine (suffix forming adjectives).
adjective
- Characteristic of a heroine; heroic. Theoxena to free hir Siſters children and hir owne from the laſciuious embraces of King Phillip, put weapons into their weaker hands, and perſwaded them Vt imminens ludibrium morte effugerent; to reſcue themſelues by Death from imminent diſgrace, wherein ſhe had no ſooner preuailed, but with a heroi
heroine³
- /ˈhɪɹoʊɪn/ Canada, US
- /hiro.ɪn/ South Asia
- /ˈhɛɹəʊɪn/ UK
- /ˈhɛɹoʊɪn/ Canada, US
Sounds like heroin
noun
- Obsolete spelling of heroin […] 1,451 ounces of heroine hydrochloride, and 19 ounces of codeine — the equivalent of 16,273 pounds of opium.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: girl, actress, superhero, hero, idol, protagonist, champion, heroin, heron, savior, rescuer, defender, warrior, star, leader, victor
Translations
Every language
noun female hero
| Español | heroína |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 히로인 hiroin, 여자영웅 yeojayeong'ung, 용부 yongbu, 열녀 yeollyeo |
| 日本語 | 勇婦 yūfu, ヒロイン hiroin, 烈女 retsujo |
| 中文 | 女英雄 nǚyīngxióng, 女主角 nǚzhǔjué, 英雌 yīngcí, 女主人公 nǚzhǔréngōng, 烈女 liènǚ |
| हिन्दी | नायिका nāyikā, हीरोइन hīroin |
| Português | heroína |
| Français | héroïne |
| Deutsch | Heldin, Heroine |
| Italiano | eroina |
| Ελληνικά | ηρωίδα iroḯda, ηρωίνη iroḯni |
| Română | eroină |
| Русский | герои́ня geroínja |
| Tiếng Việt | anh thư (nữ anh hùng) |
| العربية | بَطَلَة baṭala |
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title = {heroine},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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