Hebe

See also: Hébé, hebe, and hebe-

Translingual

Veronica elliptica (syn. Hebe elliptica)

Etymology

From the goddess.

Proper noun

Hebe f

1. Shrubby veronica
   1. (archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Plantaginaceae.
   2. A taxonomic section within the family Plantaginaceae – Veronica sect. Hebe.

Hypernyms

• (section): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids I – clades; Lamiales – order; Plantaginaceae – family; Veroniceae - tribe; Veronica - genus; Veronica subg. Pseudoveronica - subgenus

Hyponyms

• (section): Hebe elliptica - type species; for other species see Hebe on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

References

• Hebe (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Hebe on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Hebe on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Hebe at USDA Plants database
• Hebe at Tropicos
• Veronica sect. Hebe at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Hebe at Plants of the World Online

English

A statue of Hebe

Hebe astronomical symbol

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek Ἥβη (Hḗbē, literally “Youth, Prime of Life”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhiːbi/
• Rhymes: -iːbi

Proper noun

Hebe

1. (Greek mythology) The goddess of youth, and a daughter of Zeus and Hera. Her Roman counterpart is Juventas.
2. A female given name from Ancient Greek
3. (astronomy) 6 Hebe, a main-belt asteroid.

Translations

goddess of youth

• Armenian: Հեբե (hy) (Hebe)
• Cherokee: ᎯᏈ̃ (hiquĩ)
• French: Hébé (fr) f
• German: Hebe (de) f
• Greek: Ήβη (el) f (Ívi)

  Ancient Greek: Ἥβη f (Hḗbē)

• Japanese: ヘーベー (Hēbē)
• Korean: 헤베 (Hebe)
• Marathi: हेबे f (hebe)
• Polish: Hebe (pl) f
• Portuguese: Hebe f
• Russian: Ге́ба (ru) f (Géba)

asteroid

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 韶神星 (Sháoshénxīng)

• Italian: Ebe (it) f
• Marathi: हेबे m (hebe)
• Russian: Ге́ба (ru) f (Géba)

Etymology 2

Short for Hebrew.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhiːb/
• Rhymes: -iːb

Noun

Hebe (plural Hebes)

1. (slang, derogatory, offensive) A Jew.
   • 2005, “Creed, OK”, in Carnivàle, episode 17:

     Well, that's what you get for betting on a Hebe.
     What did you say?
     I'm just saying
     Max Baer ain't no Jew.

Synonyms

• kike

Anagrams

• heeb

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Ἥβη (Hḗbē), from ἥβη (hḗbē).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxɛ.bɛ/
• Rhymes: -ɛbɛ
• Syllabification: He‧be

Proper noun

Hebe f (indeclinable)

1. (Greek mythology) Hebe
2. (astronomy) Hebe

Further reading

• Hebe in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Hēbē, from Ancient Greek Ἥβη (Hḗbē), from ἥβη (hḗbē, “youth”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.bi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.bi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.be/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.bɨ/ [ˈɛ.βɨ]

Proper noun

Hebe f

1. (Greek mythology) Hebe (goddess of youth)
2. a female given name from Ancient Greek

Turkish

Proper noun

Hebe

1. (Greek mythology) Hebe