leon

See also: Leon, león, and leõn

Breton

Etymology

From Latin leo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlewn/

Noun

leon m (plural leoned)

  1. lion

Interlingua

Etymology

Latin leo

Noun

leon (plural leones)

  1. lion
  2. Leo

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

leon

From Old Irish léoman, léo, from Latin leō.

Alternative forms

  • leomhan

Noun

leon m (genitive singular leoin, nominative plural leoin)

  1. lion
Declension
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Irish leónaid, a late form of lénaid (impairs, injures, wounds), from lén (defeat, hurt, injury, misfortune, sorrow).

Verb

leon (present analytic leonann, future analytic leonfaidh, verbal noun leonadh, past participle leonta)

  1. (transitive) sprain
  2. (transitive) injure, wound
Conjugation

Further reading

Lombard

Etymology

From Latin leō, leōnis.

Pronunciation

  • Western: IPA(key): /leˈun/
    • Ticinese: IPA(key): /liˈom/
  • Eastern: IPA(key): /leˈu/, /liˈu/

Noun

leon (plural leon)

  1. lion

Middle English

Noun

leon

  1. Alternative form of lyoun

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin leō, leōnis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /leˈu/
  • (file)

Noun

leon m (plural leons)

  1. lion

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *līhwaną. Cognate with Old High German lihan (German leihen).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /le͜oːn/

Verb

lēon

  1. to lend, loan

Conjugation

Old French

Noun

leon oblique singular, m (oblique plural leons, nominative singular leons, nominative plural leon)

  1. Alternative form of lion

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Latin leōnem, singular accusative of leō, from Ancient Greek λέων (léōn).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /leˈon/

Noun

leon m (plural leones, feminine singular leona, feminine plural leonas)

  1. lion
    • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, 25r:
      [] leõ ſe leuantara e con leona ſe alcara nos echara faſta q̃ coma. rabadura e ſangre de matados breura.
      [] Like a lion it shall rise up and like a lioness it shall lift itself up. It shall not lie down until it eats prey, and the blood of those slain it shall drink.”
    • c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 6v:
      Et por ende a tal p̃priedat eſta piedra q̃ el q̃ la trae obedecẽ le los leones aſſi q̃ los puede tomar a manos ⁊ nol fará mal por q̃ el leó q̃ndo la uee pierde toda la fuerça ⁊ nõ a en ſi poder.
      And such is the property of this stone that lions will obey he who bears it, so that he can touch them with his hands and they will not harm him, for when he sees it the lion loses all its strength and has in him no power.

Descendants

  • Spanish: león
    • Guaraní: leõ
    • Kapampangan: leon
    • Papiamentu: leon
    • Quechua: liyun

Old Swedish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse león, from Latin leō, (genitive: leōnis), from Ancient Greek λέων (léōn), likely a borrowing from a Semitic language. Compare Proto-Semitic *labiʾ-.

Noun

leon m

  1. lion

Declension

Descendants

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Spanish león and Kabuverdianu lion.

Noun

leon

  1. lion

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /leˈuŋ/

Noun

leon m

  1. lion
    Synonym: lion

Tagalog

Alternative forms

  • liyon
  • leyon

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish león.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /leˈon/ [lɛˈon]
  • Rhymes: -on
  • Syllabification: le‧on

Noun

león (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜌᜓᜈ᜔)

  1. lion
    Synonym: (archaic) halimaw

References

  • leon”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Venetian

Etymology

From Latin leō, leōnem (compare Italian leone).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /leˈoŋ/

Noun

leon m (plural leoni or leuni)

  1. lion

Volapük

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [le.ˈon]

Noun

leon (nominative plural leons)

  1. lion

Declension

Hyponyms

  • hileon (lion (male))
  • jileon (lioness, lion (female))
  • leonil (small lion)
  • leonül (lion cub)

Derived terms

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