Definition
A literary work, especially a poem, written in the style of ancient heroic epics but often imitating or parodying them.
Etymology
From hero plus -oid (from Greek -oeides meaning resembling), creating a word for something that looks or acts like a hero-poem.
Kelly Says
Heroid is a rare term used by scholars to describe mock-epics and parodies that deliberately ape the style of the Odyssey or Aeneid—literature's way of making fun of literature.
Translations
CACatalà
heroïna
he-ro-ee-na
CSČeština
hrdinka
hr-din-ka
DADansk
heltinde
hɛltɪn.də
DEDeutsch
Heroin
he-roi-n
ESEspañol
heroína
eh-roh-ee-nah
FAفارسی
قهرمان زن
ghe-r-man zen
FISuomi
nainen- sankari
na-inen san-ka-ri
FRFrançais
héroïne
eh-roh-een
IDBahasa Indonesia
pahlawan wanita
pah-lawan wa-ni-ta
ITItaliano
eroina
eh-roh-ee-nah
MSBahasa Melayu
pahlawan wanita
pah-lawan wa-ni-ta
NLNederlands
heldin
held-in
NONorsk
heltinne
hel-tin-ne
PLPolski
bohaterka
bah-ha-ter-ka
PTPortuguês
heroína
heh-roh-ee-nah
RORomână
eroină
eh-roh-ee-nah
RUРусский
героиня
geroynya
SVSvenska
hjältinna
hjal-tin-na
SWKiswahili
shujaa
shu-jaa
TEతెలుగు
నాయకురాలు
na-ya-ku-ra-alu
TRTürkçe
kahraman kadın
kah-rah-man ka-dan
UKУкраїнська
героїня
heroyinya
VITiếng Việt
nữ anh hùng
nu anh hung
ZUZU
umshayeli
oom-sha-ye-li