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say it: HUR-kyuh-leez
hercules is a noun meaning "(classical mythology) a hero noted for his strength; performed 12 immense labors to gain immortality". It carries 2 recorded senses.
(classical mythology) a hero noted for his strength; performed 12 immense labors to gain immortality
classical mythology
a large constellation in the northern hemisphere between Lyra and Corona Borealis
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for hercules come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.