herc

• erc (alt. spelling)

Inherited from Latin hircus (“he-goat”).

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈɛrk]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈərk]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈeɾk]

herc m (plural hercs)

1. Iberian ibex (Capra pyrenaica)

   Synonym: cabra salvatge

• “erc” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “herc”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “herc” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦɛrt͡s]

herc m inan (relational adjective hercový)

1. (card games, slang) hearts

• “herc”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Borrowed from German Hertz. Named after German physicist Heinrich Rudolf Hertz (1857–1894).

• IPA^(key): /ˈxɛrt͡s/

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• Rhymes: -ɛrt͡s
• Syllabification: herc

herc m inan

1. hertz

• herc in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• herc in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• IPA^(key): /xêrt͡s/

Borrowed from German Herz.

hȅrc m inan (Cyrillic spelling хе̏рц)

1. ♥, hearts in card- and boardgames

Borrowed from German Hertz, after the German physicist Heinrich Rudolf Hertz.

• hȅrtz

hȅrc m inan (Cyrillic spelling хе̏рц)

1. hertz

• “herc”, in Речник српскохрватскога књижевног језика (in Serbo-Croatian), Друго фототипско издање edition, volume 6, Нови Сад, Загреб: Матица српска, Матица хрватска, 1976, published 1990, page 726
• “herc”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025 and “herc”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025