Herculean

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• US: /hɜːɹˈkjuːliən/
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• US: /ˌhɜːɹkjəˈliːən/
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• rhymes with -uːliən
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• CMU ARPABET: HH ER0 K Y UW1 L IY0 AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree English Hercules Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Herculean From Hercules + -an.

26 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Asturian: herculeu — of extraordinary might, power, size, etc.
• Catalan: herculi — of extraordinary might, power, size, etc.
• Czech: herkulovský — of extraordinary might, power, size, etc.
• French: herculéen — of extraordinary might, power, size, etc.
• Galician: hercúleo — of extraordinary might, power, size, etc.
• German: herkulisch — of extraordinary might, power, size, etc.
• Greek: ηράκλειος (irákleios) — of extraordinary might, power, size, etc.
• Ancient Greek: ἡράκλειος (hērákleios) — of extraordinary might, power, size, etc.
• Hungarian: herkulesi — of extraordinary might, power, size, etc.
• Italian: erculeo — of extraordinary might, power, size, etc.
• Portuguese: hercúleo — of extraordinary might, power, size, etc.
• Russian: богаты́рский (bogatýrskij) — of extraordinary might, power, size, etc.
• Russian: исполи́нский (ispolínskij) — of extraordinary might, power, size, etc.
• Russian: геркуле́сов (gerkulésov) — of extraordinary might, power, size, etc.
• Russian: гера́клов (geráklov) — of extraordinary might, power, size, etc.
• Spanish: hercúleo — of extraordinary might, power, size, etc.
• Spanish: heracleo — of extraordinary might, power, size, etc.
• Spanish: herculino — of extraordinary might, power, size, etc.
• Swedish: herkulisk — of extraordinary might, power, size, etc.
• Catalan: herculi — requiring a huge amount of work
• Czech: herkulovský — requiring a huge amount of work
• French: herculéen — requiring a huge amount of work
• German: herkulisch — requiring a huge amount of work
• Polish: benedyktyński — requiring a huge amount of work
• Portuguese: hercúleo — requiring a huge amount of work
• Swedish: herkulisk — requiring a huge amount of work