léonin

See also: leonin and Leonin

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin leōnīnus, from leō (whence French lion).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /le.ɔ.nɛ̃/
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Adjective

léonin (feminine léonine, masculine plural léonins, feminine plural léonines)

(literary, relational) lion; leonine
(figuratively) unequal, unjust

Descendants

→ Romanian: leonin

See also

part du lion

Further reading

“léonin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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