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Hector
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hector Héctor
Translingual
Etymology
mul en Hector.
Noun
mul chess Spoken by a player during a match with one or more visually impaired players to indicate the h-file in algebraic notation.
References
FIDE Laws of Chess 2023
English
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Etymology
en ine-pro *seǵʰ-
From en la Hectōr or en grc Ἕκτωρ, from grc ἕκτωρ holding fast, from grc ἔχω to have, hold, from en ine-pro *seǵʰ- to hold; to overpower.
Sometimes used as an anglicization of various en gd - names, including gd Eachann and gd Eochaid.
The thundercloud cluster was named by pilots during the Second World War.
Pronunciation
en /ˈhɛktə/ RP
en /ˈhɛktɚ/ GA
en en-us-hector.ogg GA
en ɛktə(ɹ) 2
en Hec tor
Proper noun
en Greek mythology Roman mythology A Trojan hero in Homer's Iliad.
en male Ancient Greek.
A place name:
en town r:Suf/Mackay s/Queensland c/Australia.
en settlement r:suf/West Coast c/New Zealand. NZ Topo Map
en number of places c/USA:
en town co/Pope County s/Arkansas.
en locality co/Clay County s/Kentucky.
en city co/Renville County s/Minnesota.
en town co/Schuyler County s/New York, named after Hector Ely.
en ucomm co/Putnam County s/Ohio, named after Hector Havemeyer.
en twp co/Potter County s/Pennsylvania.
A thundercloud cluster that forms nearly every afternoon from approximately September to March near the Tiwi Islands of Australia, reaching a height and width of 20 kilometers.
Alternative forms
en Hectour obsolete
Derived terms
en dead as Hector hector since Hector was a pup
Translations
Trojan hero
Albanian: sq Hektori m
Arabic: ar هِكْتُور m, ar هِكْطُور m
Aragonese: an Héctor m
Armenian: hy Հեկտոր
Azerbaijani: az Hektor
Basque: eu Hektor
Belarusian: be Ге́ктар m
Bengali: bn হেক্টর
Breton: br Hektor m
Bulgarian: bg Хе́ктор m
Catalan: ca Hèctor m
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 赫克托耳 Hèkètuō'ěr, cmn 赫克托 Hèkètuō
Czech: cs Hektór m
Danish: da Hektor c
Dutch: nl Hektor m, nl Hector m
Esperanto: eo Hektoro
Estonian: et Hektor
Finnish: fi Hektor
French: fr Hector m
Galician: gl Heitor m
Georgian: ka ჰექტორი
German: de Hektor m
Greek: el Έκτορας m
Ancient Greek: grc Ἕκτωρ m
Hindi: hi हेक्टर m
Hungarian: hu Hektór
Icelandic: is Hektor m
Indonesian: id Hektor
Irish: ga Eachtar m
Italian: it Ettore m
Japanese: ja ヘクター Hekutā
Korean: ko ^헥토르
Latvian: lv Hektors m
Lithuanian: lt Hektoras m
Macedonian: mk Хектор m
Maltese: mt Ettore m
Marathi: mr हेक्टर m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb Hektor m
Nynorsk: nn Hektor m
Polish: pl Hektor m
Portuguese: pt Heitor m
Russian: ru Ге́ктор m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Хе̏ктор m
Latin: sh Hȅktor m
Slovak: sk Hektor m, sk Hektór m
Slovene: sl Hektor m
Spanish: es Héctor m
Swedish: sv Hektor c
Thai: th เฮกเตอร์ hék dtêr
Turkish: tr Hektor
Ukrainian: uk Ге́ктор m
male given name
Bulgarian: bg Хе́ктор m
French: fr Hector m
Middle French: frm Hector
German: de Hektor m
Greek: el Έκτορας m
Ancient Greek: grc Ἕκτωρ m
Italian: it Ettore m
Marathi: mr हेक्टर m
Polish: pl Hektor m
Portuguese: pt Heitor m
Russian: ru Ге́ктор m
Scottish Gaelic: gd Eachann m unrelated, but usually Anglicised as Hector
Spanish: es Héctor m
Swedish: sv Hektor c
See also
Great Red Spot
References
Further reading
Anagrams
en cehort Troche orchet rochet rotche tocher troche
en Trojan War
Dutch
Etymology
Ultimately from nl grc Ἕκτωρ. nl
Pronunciation
nl /ˈɦɛk.tɔr/
nl Hec tor
nl ɛktɔr 2
Proper noun
m
en Hector hero from the Iliad
French
Pronunciation
fr Fr-Hector.ogg
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Benoît Prieur-Hector.wav <<France>> (<<Saint-Maurice-de-Beynost>>)
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick-Hector.wav <<France>> (<<Somain>>)
Proper noun
m
fr Greek mythology en Hector
fr male Ancient Greek
Anagrams
fr torche, fr torché