lleoní

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin leōnīnus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ʎə.uˈni]

IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ʎe.oˈni]

Adjective

lleoní (feminine lleonina, masculine plural lleonins, feminine plural lleonines)

leonine (of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a lion)
unfair, exploitative (of a contract or condition)
leonine (resembling the face of a lion as a result of some disease)
(poetry) leonine (being or relating to a kind of medieval Latin verse)

Related terms

lleó

Further reading

“lleoní” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
“lleoní”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
“lleoní” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
“lleoní” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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