hetera

See also: heterą and hetéra

Interlingua

Noun

hetera (plural heteras)

1. (historical) hetaera

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἑταῖρα (hetaîra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xɛˈtɛ.ra/

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• Rhymes: -ɛra
• Syllabification: he‧te‧ra

Noun

hetera f

1. (Ancient Greece, historical) hetaera (hired female companion)

   Hypernyms: córa Koryntu, kurtyzana, prostytutka

2. (humorous) ball-buster (tough woman)

   Synonyms: baba-chłop, babochłop, chłopczyca, chłopobaba, dragon, harpia, herod-baba, kobieton, megiera

Declension

Declension of hetera

	singular	plural
nominative	hetera	hetery
genitive	hetery	heter
dative	heterze	heterom
accusative	heterę	hetery
instrumental	heterą	heterami
locative	heterze	heterach
vocative	hetero	hetery

Further reading

• hetera in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• hetera in Polish dictionaries at PWN