lion

(Engels)

1. (masculine) lion
2. (masculine, specifically) lion
3. (figuratively, masculine) lion (brave person)
4. (masculine) lion
5. (dated, figuratively, masculine) lion (celebrity; famous person)
6. (dated, masculine) a style of elegant young man that came after the dandy

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ljɔ̃/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Oudfrans: lion

Geleend van Latijn: leō

In summary

Inherited from Middle French lyon, from Old French lion, a semi-learned borrowing from Latin leōnem, from Ancient Greek λέων (léōn).

Concepten

leeuw

🦁

Leo

leeuw (sterrenbeeld)

Synoniemen

lionne

léopard

🐆

roi des animaux

sculpture

panthera leo

Vertalingen

lion

🦁

Löwe

🦁

leão

🦁

león

🦁

leone

🦁

lew

aslan

🦁

λιοντάρι

leo

🦁

lleó

🦁

أسد

🦁

leon

λέων

Löwin

leō