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Meaning of Heroine | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1 Standard
ˈhɪɹoʊɪn

Definitions

  1. A female hero.
  2. Dated form of heroin.
  3. A female lead character.

Equivalents

العربية البطلة بطلة
Български героиня юнакиня
Català heroïna
Čeština hrdinka
Dansk heltinde
Ελληνικά ηρωίδα ηρωίνη
Esperanto heroino
Español heroína
Français héroïne
Gàidhlig bana-ghaisgeach
Magyar hősnő
Հայերեն հերոսուհի
Italiano eroina
Македонски јунакиња хероина
Bahasa Melayu wirawati
Nederlands heldin
Polski bohaterka
پښتو اتله
Português heroína
Română eroină
Русский героиня
Slovenčina hrdinka
Shqip trime
Svenska hjältinna
Українська героїня

Examples

“Miss Phyllis Morgan, as the hapless heroine dressed in the shabbiest of clothes, appears in the midst of a gay and giddy throng; she apostrophises all and sundry there, including the villain, and has a magnificent scene which always brings down the house, and nightly adds to her histrionic laurels.”
“[…] 1,451 ounces of heroine hydrochloride, and 19 ounces of codeine — the equivalent of 16,273 pounds of opium.”
“No manufacture of heroine is lawful in the United States of America, but it is permitted in some countries under the same conditions as for other narcotics under international control.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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