Hector

See also: hector, and Héctor

English

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈhɛktə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈhɛktɚ/

• Audio (General American):

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• Rhymes: -ɛktə(ɹ)
• Hyphenation: Hec‧tor

Proper noun

Hector

1. (Greek mythology, Roman mythology) A Trojan hero in Homer's Iliad.
2. A male given name from Ancient Greek
3. A place name:
   1. A town in the Mackay Region, Queensland, Australia.
   2. A settlement in the West Coast region, New Zealand.
   3. A number of places in the United States:
      1. A town in Pope County, Arkansas.
      2. A locality in Clay County, Kentucky.
      3. A city in Renville County, Minnesota.
      4. A town in Schuyler County, New York, named after Hector Ely.
      5. An unincorporated community in Putnam County, Ohio, named after Hector Havemeyer.
      6. A township in Potter County, Pennsylvania.

Alternative forms

• Hectour (obsolete)

Derived terms

• dead as Hector
• hector
• since Hector was a pup

 

Translations

Trojan hero

• Albanian: Hektori m
• Arabic: هِكْتُور m (hiktūr), هِكْطُور m (hikṭūr)
• Aragonese: Héctor m
• Armenian: Հեկտոր (hy) (Hektor)
• Azerbaijani: Hektor
• Basque: Hektor (eu)
• Belarusian: Ге́ктар m (Hjéktar)
• Bengali: হেক্টর (hekṭor)
• Breton: Hektor m
• Bulgarian: Хе́ктор m (Héktor)
• Catalan: Hèctor m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 赫克托 (Hèkètuō)

• Czech: Hektór m
• Danish: Hektor c
• Dutch: Hektor m, Hector m
• Esperanto: Hektoro
• Estonian: Hektor
• Finnish: Hektor
• French: Hector (fr) m
• Galician: Heitor m
• Georgian: ჰექტორი (hekṭori)
• German: Hektor m
• Greek: Έκτορας (el) m (Éktoras)

  Ancient: Ἕκτωρ m (Héktōr)

• Hindi: हेक्टर m (hekṭar)
• Hungarian: Hektór
• Icelandic: Hektor (is) m
• Indonesian: Hektor
• Irish: Eachtar m
• Italian: Ettore (it) m
• Japanese: ヘクター (Hekutā)
• Korean: 헥토르 (Hektoreu)
• Latvian: Hektors m
• Lithuanian: Hektoras m
• Macedonian: Хектор m (Hektor)
• Maltese: Ettore m
• Marathi: हेक्टर m (hekṭar)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Hektor m

  Nynorsk: Hektor m

• Polish: Hektor (pl) m
• Portuguese: Heitor (pt) m
• Russian: Ге́ктор (ru) m (Géktor)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Хе̏ктор m

  Roman: Hȅktor (sh) m

• Slovak: Hektor m, Hektór m
• Slovene: Hektor (sl) m
• Spanish: Héctor (es) m
• Swedish: Hektor c
• Thai: เฮกเตอร์ (hék dtêr)
• Turkish: Hektor
• Ukrainian: Ге́ктор m (Héktor)

male given name

• Bulgarian: Хе́ктор m (Héktor)
• French: Hector (fr) m

  Middle French: Hector

• German: Hektor m
• Greek: Έκτορας (el) m (Éktoras)

  Ancient: Ἕκτωρ m (Héktōr)

• Italian: Ettore (it) m
• Marathi: हेक्टर m (hekṭar)
• Polish: Hektor (pl) m
• Portuguese: Heitor (pt) m
• Russian: Ге́ктор (ru) m (Géktor)
• Scottish Gaelic: Eachann m (unrelated, but usually Anglicised as Hector)
• Spanish: Héctor (es) m
• Swedish: Hektor c

Further reading

• Hector on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Troche, orchet, rochet, rotche, tocher, troche

Dutch

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἕκτωρ (Héktōr). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɦɛk.tɔr/
• Hyphenation: Hec‧tor
• Rhymes: -ɛktɔr

Proper noun

Hector m

1. Hector (hero from the Iliad)

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛk.tɔʁ/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Hector m

1. (Greek mythology) Hector
2. a male given name from Ancient Greek

Anagrams

• torche, torché