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- [her-uh n]
- /ˈhɛr ən/
- /ˈher.ən/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [her-uh n]
- /ˈhɛr ən/
Definitions of heron word
- noun heron Hero (def 2). 1
- noun heron A large fish-eating wading bird with long legs, a long S-shaped neck, and a long pointed bill. 1
- noun heron wading bird 1
- countable noun heron A heron is a large bird which has long legs and a long beak, and which eats fish. 0
- noun heron any of various wading birds of the genera Butorides, Ardea, etc, having a long neck, slim body, and a plumage that is commonly grey or white: family Ardeidae, order Ciconiiformes 0
- noun heron Patrick. 1920–99, British abstract painter and art critic 0
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Origin of heron
First appearance:
before 1275 One of the 13% oldest English words
1275-1325; Middle English heiro(u)n, hero(u)n < Middle French hairon (French héron) < Germanic; compare Old High German heigir
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Parts of speech for Heron
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
heron popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
heron usage trend in Literature
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