Standard Lemma guide

Hermes

name · noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • US: /ˈhɝmiːz/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: HH ER1 M IY0 Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

The herald and messenger of the gods, and the god of roads, commerce, invention, cunning, and theft.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Greek

Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

The Egyptian Thoth, identified with the Greek Hermes.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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3

name

Meaning 3

The planet Mercury when observed as an evening star.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences

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Meaning relationships

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4

noun

Meaning 4

A head or bust on a square base, often double-faced.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: art, arts

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Meaning relationships

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5

noun

Meaning 5

(Greek mythology) messenger and herald of the gods; god of commerce and cunning and invention and theft; identified with Roman Mercury

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: Greek deity

History

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek Ἑρμῆς (Hermês), itself of disputed meaning and origin, possibly of non-Indo-European substrate origin or from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to bind, put together”).

Across languages

Translations

47 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: Հերմես (Hermes) — Greek god Hermes
  • Old Armenian: Հերմէս (Hermēs) — Greek god Hermes
  • Bulgarian: Хермес (Hermes) — Greek god Hermes
  • Catalan: Hermes — Greek god Hermes
  • Chinese Mandarin: 赫耳墨斯 (Hè'ěrmòsī) — Greek god Hermes
  • Coptic: ⲉⲣⲙⲏⲥ (ermēs) — Greek god Hermes
  • Czech: Hermes — Greek god Hermes
  • Czech: Hermés — Greek god Hermes
  • Danish: Hermes — Greek god Hermes
  • Dutch: Hermes — Greek god Hermes
  • Esperanto: Hermeso — Greek god Hermes
  • Finnish: Hermes — Greek god Hermes
  • French: Hermès — Greek god Hermes
  • Galician: Hermes — Greek god Hermes
  • Greek: Ερμής (Ermís) — Greek god Hermes
  • Ancient Greek: Ἑρμῆς (Hermês) — Greek god Hermes
  • Mycenaean Greek: 𐀁𐀔𐁀 (e-ma-a2) — Greek god Hermes
  • Gujarati: હર્મેસ (harmes) — Greek god Hermes
  • Gujarati: હેરમેસ (hermes) — Greek god Hermes
  • Hindi: हर्मीज़ (harmīz) — Greek god Hermes
  • Hungarian: Hermész — Greek god Hermes
  • Irish: Heirméas — Greek god Hermes
  • Italian: Ermes — Greek god Hermes
  • Italian: Hermes — Greek god Hermes
  • Italian: Ermete — Greek god Hermes
  • Italian: Erme — Greek god Hermes
  • Japanese: ヘルメース (Herumēsu) — Greek god Hermes
  • Korean: 헤르메스 (Hereumeseu) — Greek god Hermes
  • Latin: Hermes — Greek god Hermes
  • Latvian: Hermejs — Greek god Hermes
  • Lithuanian: Hermis — Greek god Hermes
  • Marathi: हर्मीझ (harmījh) — Greek god Hermes
  • Occitan: Ermès — Greek god Hermes
  • Old Church Slavonic: Ермисъ (Ermisŭ) — Greek god Hermes
  • Persian: هرمس (hermes) — Greek god Hermes
  • Polish: Hermes — Greek god Hermes
  • Portuguese: Hermes — Greek god Hermes
  • Romanian: Hermes — Greek god Hermes
  • Russian: Герме́с (Germés) — Greek god Hermes
  • Slovene: Hermes — Greek god Hermes
  • Spanish: Hermes — Greek god Hermes
  • Swahili: Herme — Greek god Hermes
  • Swedish: Hermes — Greek god Hermes
  • Tonga (Malawi): Herme — Greek god Hermes
  • Tumbuka: Heremesi — Greek god Hermes
  • Ukrainian: Герме́с (Hermés) — Greek god Hermes
  • Wolof: Ermes — Greek god Hermes