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

• hector

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 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 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