"Alcmena" meaning in All languages combined

See Alcmena on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

IPA: /ælkˈmiːnə/
Etymology: From Latin Alcmēna. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|Alcmēna}} Latin Alcmēna Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Alcmena
  1. Alternative form of Alcmene. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: Alcmene
    Sense id: en-Alcmena-en-name-w8V-LFYY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries

Proper name [Italian]

Etymology: From Ancient Greek Ἀλκμήνη (Alkmḗnē). Etymology templates: {{uder|it|grc|Ἀλκμήνη}} Ancient Greek Ἀλκμήνη (Alkmḗnē) Head templates: {{it-proper noun|f}} Alcmena f
  1. (Greek mythology) Alcmene Tags: Greek, feminine

Proper name [Latin]

IPA: [aɫkˈmeː.na] [Classical-Latin], [alkˈmɛː.na] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀλκμήνη (Alkmḗnē). Etymology templates: {{bor|la|grc|Ἀλκμήνη}} Ancient Greek Ἀλκμήνη (Alkmḗnē) Head templates: {{la-proper noun|Alcmēna<1>}} Alcmēna f sg (genitive Alcmēnae); first declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|Alcmēna<1>}} Forms: Alcmēna [canonical, feminine, singular], Alcmēnae [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], Alcmēna [nominative, singular], Alcmēnae [genitive, singular], Alcmēnae [dative, singular], Alcmēnam [accusative, singular], Alcmēnā [ablative, singular], Alcmēna [singular, vocative], Alcumēna [alternative], Alcmēnē [alternative]
  1. Alcmene, mother of Hercules Tags: declension-1

Proper name [Portuguese]

Forms: Alcmene [alternative]
Head templates: {{pt-proper noun|f}} Alcmena f
  1. (Greek mythology) Alcmene (mother of Heracles) Tags: Greek, feminine

Proper name [Spanish]

IPA: /alɡˈmena/, [alɣ̞ˈme.na]
Rhymes: -ena Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Alcmēna, from Ancient Greek Ἀλκμήνη (Alkmḗnē). Etymology templates: {{bor+|es|la|Alcmēna}} Borrowed from Latin Alcmēna, {{der|es|grc|Ἀλκμήνη}} Ancient Greek Ἀλκμήνη (Alkmḗnē) Head templates: {{es-proper noun|f}} Alcmena f
  1. (Greek mythology) Alcmene (the wife of Amphitryon and mother, by Zeus, of Heracles) Tags: Greek, feminine

Alternative forms

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      "name": "es-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "Alc‧me‧na"
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "Alc‧me‧na"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Spanish",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 5 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Rhymes:Spanish/ena",
        "Rhymes:Spanish/ena/3 syllables",
        "Spanish 3-syllable words",
        "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Spanish feminine nouns",
        "Spanish lemmas",
        "Spanish proper nouns",
        "Spanish terms borrowed from Latin",
        "Spanish terms derived from Ancient Greek",
        "Spanish terms derived from Latin",
        "Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Spanish uncountable nouns",
        "es:Greek mythology"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alcmene (the wife of Amphitryon and mother, by Zeus, of Heracles)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Greek",
          "Greek"
        ],
        [
          "mythology",
          "mythology"
        ],
        [
          "Alcmene",
          "Alcmene"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Greek mythology) Alcmene (the wife of Amphitryon and mother, by Zeus, of Heracles)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Greek",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "mysticism",
        "mythology",
        "philosophy",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/alɡˈmena/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[alɣ̞ˈme.na]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ena"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Alcmena"
}

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