leon
Breton
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
leon m (plural leoned)
Interlingua
Etymology
Noun
leon (plural leones)
Irish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1

From Old Irish léoman, léo, from Latin leō.
Alternative forms
Noun
leon m (genitive singular leoin, nominative plural leoin)
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)
Conjugation
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
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
Pronunciation
Noun
leon (plural leon)
Middle English
Noun
leon
- Alternative form of lyoun
Occitan
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
leon m (plural leons)
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *līhwaną. Cognate with Old High German lihan (German leihen).
Pronunciation
Verb
lēon
Conjugation
infinitive | lēon | lēonne |
---|---|---|
indicative mood | present tense | past tense |
first person singular | lēo | lāh |
second person singular | līehst | lige |
third person singular | līehþ | lāh |
plural | lēoþ | ligon |
subjunctive | present tense | past tense |
singular | lēo | lige |
plural | lēon | ligen |
imperative | ||
singular | lēoh | |
plural | lēoþ | |
participle | present | past |
lēonde | (ġe)liġen |
Old French
Noun
leon oblique singular, m (oblique plural leons, nominative singular leons, nominative plural leon)
- Alternative form of lion
- c. 1170, Christian of Troyes, Yvain ou le Chevalier au lion:
- Et li leons, qui che esgarde,
De li aidier plus ne se tarde[.]- And the lion who was watching
Did not wait any longer to help him.
- And the lion who was watching
Old Spanish
Etymology
From Latin leōnem, singular accusative of leō, from Ancient Greek λέων (léōn).
Pronunciation
Noun
leon m (plural leones, feminine singular leona, feminine plural leonas)
- lion
- c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, 25r:
- […] cõ 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.
Related terms
Descendants
- Spanish: león
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
Declension
Descendants
- Swedish: lejon
Papiamentu

Etymology
From Spanish león and Kabuverdianu lion.
Noun
leon
Piedmontese
Pronunciation
Noun
leon m
Tagalog
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /leˈon/ [lɛˈon̪]
- Rhymes: -on
- Syllabification: le‧on
Noun
león (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜌᜓᜈ᜔)
Related terms
References
- “leon”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
Venetan
Etymology
From Latin leō, leōnem (compare Italian leone).
Pronunciation
Noun
leon m (plural leoni or leuni)
Volapük
Pronunciation
Noun
leon (nominative plural leons)
Declension
Hyponyms
Derived terms
- leonik (“leonine”)
- sileon (“Leo (constellation)”)
- Breton terms derived from Latin
- Breton terms with IPA pronunciation
- Breton lemmas
- Breton nouns
- Breton masculine nouns
- br:Felids
- Interlingua terms derived from Latin
- Interlingua lemmas
- Interlingua nouns
- ia:Felids
- ia:Constellations in the zodiac
- ia:Astrology
- Irish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Irish terms inherited from Old Irish
- Irish terms derived from Old Irish
- Irish terms derived from Latin
- Irish lemmas
- Irish nouns
- Irish masculine nouns
- Irish first-declension nouns
- Irish verbs
- Irish transitive verbs
- Irish first-conjugation verbs of class A
- ga:Felids
- Lombard terms derived from Latin
- Lombard terms with IPA pronunciation
- Lombard lemmas
- Lombard nouns
- lmo:Felids
- Middle English lemmas
- Middle English nouns
- Occitan terms derived from Latin
- Occitan terms with IPA pronunciation
- Occitan terms with audio pronunciation
- Occitan lemmas
- Occitan nouns
- Occitan masculine nouns
- Occitan countable nouns
- oc:Felids
- Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Old English lemmas
- Old English verbs
- Old English class 1 strong verbs
- Old French lemmas
- Old French nouns
- Old French masculine nouns
- Old French terms with quotations
- fro:Felids
- Old Spanish terms derived from Latin
- Old Spanish terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Old Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Old Spanish lemmas
- Old Spanish nouns
- Old Spanish masculine nouns
- Old Spanish terms with quotations
- osp:Felids
- osp:Mammals
- Old Swedish terms inherited from Old Norse
- Old Swedish terms derived from Old Norse
- Old Swedish terms derived from Latin
- Old Swedish terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Old Swedish terms borrowed from Semitic languages
- Old Swedish terms derived from Semitic languages
- Old Swedish lemmas
- Old Swedish nouns
- Old Swedish masculine nouns
- Old Swedish a-stem nouns
- non:Panthers
- non:Mammals
- non:Felids
- Papiamentu terms derived from Spanish
- Papiamentu terms derived from Kabuverdianu
- Papiamentu lemmas
- Papiamentu nouns
- pap:Felids
- Piedmontese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Piedmontese lemmas
- Piedmontese nouns
- Piedmontese masculine nouns
- pms:Felids
- Tagalog terms borrowed from Spanish
- Tagalog terms derived from Spanish
- Tagalog 2-syllable words
- Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Tagalog/on
- Rhymes:Tagalog/on/2 syllables
- Tagalog terms with mabilis pronunciation
- Tagalog lemmas
- Tagalog nouns
- Tagalog terms with Baybayin script
- tl:Felids
- Venetan terms derived from Latin
- Venetan terms with IPA pronunciation
- Venetan lemmas
- Venetan nouns
- Venetan masculine nouns
- vec:Felids
- Volapük terms with IPA pronunciation
- Volapük lemmas
- Volapük nouns
- vo:Felids