leon

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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

• (Munster, Ulster) IPA^(key): /lʲoːn̪ˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /l̠ʲuːnˠ/

Etymology 1

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

• An Leon (“Leo”)

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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “leon”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “lénaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “léo”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 84

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/

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

Related terms

• Leon

Descendants

• Spanish: león
  • → Bikol Central: leon, leyon
  • → Guaraní: leõ
  • → Kapampangan: leon
  • → Papiamentu: leon
  • → Quechua: liyun

Old Swedish

Alternative forms

• leiōn, leyan

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

• Swedish: lejon

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/ [lɛˈon̪]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: le‧on

Noun

león (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜌᜓᜈ᜔)

1. lion

   Synonym: (archaic) halimaw

Related terms

References

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

Venetan

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

• leonik (“leonine”)
• sileon (“Leo (constellation)”)