Hero – le héros

(Pronounced ay-roh)

To remember that Hero is pronounced ay-roh (héros) in French, use the following mnemonic:

The hero used a rowing (héros) machine to stay in shape.

Héros is masculine, so it's le héros. Imagine the early learner dressed as a superhero.

Examples of héros (hero) in a sentence

Le héros sauve la ville à la fin de l'histoire. 

(The hero saves the city at the end of the story.)

Chaque village a son héros. 

(Every village has its hero.)

Il est sans aucun doute mon héros de cette dernière décennie. 

(He is without a doubt my hero of the last decade.)