Hercules

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈhɜːkjəliːz/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈhɜːkjʊliːz/
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• US: /ˈhɝːkjəliːz/
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• US: /ˈhɝːkjʊliːz/
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• CMU ARPABET: HH ER1 K Y AH0 L IY2 Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Latin Herculēs, from Etruscan 𐌇𐌄𐌓𐌂𐌋𐌄 (hercle), from Ancient Greek Ἡρακλῆς (Hēraklês), apparently cognate of Ἥρα (Hḗra, “Hera”) and, according to Haudry, from Proto-Indo-European *yóh1r̥ (“year, season”) + κλέος (kléos, “glory”).

72 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: هِرَقْل (hiraql) — The Roman name of Heracles — see also Heracles
• Armenian: Հերկուլես (Herkules) — The Roman name of Heracles — see also Heracles
• Bulgarian: Херкулес (Herkules) — The Roman name of Heracles — see also Heracles
• Catalan: Hèrcules — The Roman name of Heracles — see also Heracles
• Chinese Mandarin: 海格立斯 (Hǎigélìsī) — The Roman name of Heracles — see also Heracles
• Chinese Mandarin: 赫耳枯勒斯 (Hè'ěrkūlèsī) — The Roman name of Heracles — see also Heracles
• Czech: Herkules — The Roman name of Heracles — see also Heracles
• Danish: Herkules — The Roman name of Heracles — see also Heracles
• Dutch: Hercules — The Roman name of Heracles — see also Heracles
• Esperanto: Herkulo — The Roman name of Heracles — see also Heracles
• French: Hercule — The Roman name of Heracles — see also Heracles
• Middle French: Hercule — The Roman name of Heracles — see also Heracles
• Galician: Hércules — The Roman name of Heracles — see also Heracles
• Georgian: ჰერკულესი (herḳulesi) — The Roman name of Heracles — see also Heracles
• German: Herkules — The Roman name of Heracles — see also Heracles
• Greenlandic: Herkulesi — The Roman name of Heracles — see also Heracles
• Hungarian: Hercules — The Roman name of Heracles — see also Heracles
• Hungarian: Herkules — The Roman name of Heracles — see also Heracles
• Icelandic: Herkúles — The Roman name of Heracles — see also Heracles
• Inuktitut: ᐦᐄᕐᑯᓖᔅ (hiirkoliis) — The Roman name of Heracles — see also Heracles
• Italian: Ercole — The Roman name of Heracles — see also Heracles
• Khmer: អ៊ែរគុល (ʼɛɛkul) — The Roman name of Heracles — see also Heracles
• Latin: Herculēs — The Roman name of Heracles — see also Heracles
• Marathi: हर्क्यूलीस (harkyūlīs) — The Roman name of Heracles — see also Heracles
• Polish: Herkules — The Roman name of Heracles — see also Heracles
• Portuguese: Hércules — The Roman name of Heracles — see also Heracles
• Romanian: Hercule — The Roman name of Heracles — see also Heracles
• Russian: Геркуле́с (Gerkulés) — The Roman name of Heracles — see also Heracles
• Slovak: Herkules — The Roman name of Heracles — see also Heracles
• Spanish: Hércules — The Roman name of Heracles — see also Heracles
• Swahili: Herkule — The Roman name of Heracles — see also Heracles
• Swahili: Hekyulizi — The Roman name of Heracles — see also Heracles
• Swedish: Herkules — The Roman name of Heracles — see also Heracles
• Thai: เฮอร์คิวลีส — The Roman name of Heracles — see also Heracles
• Thai: เฮราคลีส — The Roman name of Heracles — see also Heracles
• Turkish: Herkül — The Roman name of Heracles — see also Heracles
• Ottoman Turkish: هركول (Herkül) — The Roman name of Heracles — see also Heracles
• Ukrainian: Геркуле́с (Herkulés) — The Roman name of Heracles — see also Heracles
• Bulgarian: Херкулес (Herkules) — constellation
• Burmese: တံငါတာရာ (tamngatara) — constellation
• Catalan: Hèrcules — constellation
• Chinese Mandarin: 武仙座 (Wǔxiānzuò) — constellation
• Czech: Herkules — constellation
• Czech: souhvězdí Herkula — constellation
• Dutch: Hercules — constellation
• Finnish: Herkules — constellation
• French: Hercule — constellation
• Galician: Hércules — constellation
• German: Herkules — constellation
• Greek: Ηρακλής (Iraklís) — constellation
• Ancient Greek: Ἡρακλῆς (Hēraklês) — constellation
• Icelandic: Herkúles — constellation
• Irish: Earcail — constellation
• Italian: Ercole — constellation
• Latin: Hercules — constellation
• Latin: Geniculator — constellation
• Latin: Geniculatus — constellation
• Latin: Ingeniculus — constellation
• Latin: Ingeniculatus — constellation
• Latin: Nixus genu — constellation
• Latin: Nixus in genibus — constellation
• Latin: Nixus — constellation
• Marathi: हरक्युलीझ (harakyulījh) — constellation
• Persian: رستم (rostam) — constellation
• Persian: پهلوان (pahlevân) — constellation
• Polish: Herkules — constellation
• Portuguese: Hércules — constellation
• Russian: Геркулес (Gerkules) — constellation
• Spanish: Hércules — constellation
• Swedish: Herkules — constellation
• Thai: กลุ่มดาวเฮอร์คิวลีส — constellation
• Turkish: Herkül — constellation