hector

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈhɛktə/
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• General-American: /ˈhɛktɚ/
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• rhymes with -ɛktə(ɹ)
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• CMU ARPABET: HH EH1 K T ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Latin Hectōr or Ancient Greek Ἕκτωρ (Héktōr), from ἕκτωρ (héktōr, “holding fast”), from ἔχω (ékhō, “to have, hold”), from Proto-Indo-European *seǵh- (“to hold; to overpower”). The thundercloud cluster was named by pilots during the Second World War.

From Hector (“in Greek and Roman mythology, a character in Homer’s Iliad who is the greatest warrior of Troy”), from Late Middle English Hector (“warrior with the qualities of Hector”), from Latin Hectōr or Ancient Greek Ἕκτωρ (Héktōr), from ἕκτωρ (héktōr, “holding fast”), from ἔχειν (ékhein), present active infinitive of ἔχω (ékhō, “to have, own, possess; to hold”), from Proto-Indo-European *seǵh- (“to hold; to overpower”). The verb is derived from the noun.

83 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: Hektori — Trojan hero
• Arabic: هِكْتُور (hiktūr) — Trojan hero
• Arabic: هِكْطُور (hikṭūr) — Trojan hero
• Aragonese: Héctor — Trojan hero
• Armenian: Հեկտոր (Hektor) — Trojan hero
• Azerbaijani: Hektor — Trojan hero
• Basque: Hektor — Trojan hero
• Belarusian: Ге́ктар (Hjéktar) — Trojan hero
• Bengali: হেক্টর (hekṭor) — Trojan hero
• Breton: Hektor — Trojan hero
• Bulgarian: Хе́ктор (Héktor) — Trojan hero
• Catalan: Hèctor — Trojan hero
• Chinese Mandarin: 赫克托耳 (Hèkètuō'ěr) — Trojan hero
• Chinese Mandarin: 赫克托 (Hèkètuō) — Trojan hero
• Czech: Hektór — Trojan hero
• Danish: Hektor — Trojan hero
• Dutch: Hektor — Trojan hero
• Dutch: Hector — Trojan hero
• Esperanto: Hektoro — Trojan hero
• Estonian: Hektor — Trojan hero
• Finnish: Hektor — Trojan hero
• French: Hector — Trojan hero
• Galician: Heitor — Trojan hero
• Georgian: ჰექტორი (hekṭori) — Trojan hero
• German: Hektor — Trojan hero
• Greek: Έκτορας (Éktoras) — Trojan hero
• Ancient Greek: Ἕκτωρ (Héktōr) — Trojan hero
• Hindi: हेक्टर (hekṭar) — Trojan hero
• Hungarian: Hektór — Trojan hero
• Icelandic: Hektor — Trojan hero
• Indonesian: Hektor — Trojan hero
• Irish: Eachtar — Trojan hero
• Italian: Ettore — Trojan hero
• Japanese: ヘクター (Hekutā) — Trojan hero
• Korean: 헥토르 (Hektoreu) — Trojan hero
• Latvian: Hektors — Trojan hero
• Lithuanian: Hektoras — Trojan hero
• Macedonian: Хектор (Hektor) — Trojan hero
• Maltese: Ettore — Trojan hero
• Marathi: हेक्टर (hekṭar) — Trojan hero
• Norwegian Bokmål: Hektor — Trojan hero
• Norwegian Nynorsk: Hektor — Trojan hero
• Polish: Hektor — Trojan hero
• Portuguese: Heitor — Trojan hero
• Russian: Ге́ктор (Géktor) — Trojan hero
• Serbo-Croatian: Хе̏ктор — Trojan hero
• Serbo-Croatian: Hȅktor — Trojan hero
• Slovak: Hektor — Trojan hero
• Slovak: Hektór — Trojan hero
• Slovene: Hektor — Trojan hero
• Spanish: Héctor — Trojan hero
• Swedish: Hektor — Trojan hero
• Thai: เฮกเตอร์ (hék dtêr) — Trojan hero
• Turkish: Hektor — Trojan hero
• Ukrainian: Ге́ктор (Héktor) — Trojan hero
• Bulgarian: Хе́ктор (Héktor) — male given name
• French: Hector — male given name
• Middle French: Hector — male given name
• German: Hektor — male given name
• Greek: Έκτορας (Éktoras) — male given name
• Ancient Greek: Ἕκτωρ (Héktōr) — male given name
• Italian: Ettore — male given name
• Marathi: हेक्टर (hekṭar) — male given name
• Polish: Hektor — male given name
• Portuguese: Heitor — male given name
• Russian: Ге́ктор (Géktor) — male given name
• Scottish Gaelic: Eachann — male given name
• Spanish: Héctor — male given name
• Swedish: Hektor — male given name
• Old Armenian: խրոխտամ (xroxtam) — to dominate or intimidate
• Old Armenian: յոխորտամ (yoxortam) — to dominate or intimidate
• Bulgarian: тормозя (tormozja) — to dominate or intimidate
• Bulgarian: тероризирам (teroriziram) — to dominate or intimidate
• Dutch: domineren — to dominate or intimidate
• Dutch: intimideren — to dominate or intimidate
• Finnish: ahdistaa — to dominate or intimidate
• Finnish: ärsyttää — to dominate or intimidate
• German: einschüchtern — to dominate or intimidate
• Spanish: intimidar — to dominate or intimidate
• Thai: จิก (jìk) — to dominate or intimidate
• German: mobben — to behave like a hector or bully
• German: schikanieren — to behave like a hector or bully
• Spanish: tiranizar — to behave like a hector or bully