Masculine

lebrel

Meaning

hound, (specifically) sighthound, whippet

Synonyms

Translations

chien d'arrêt

leporarius canis

vertragus

lebreta

fidèla

lebron

lebrièr

lebréu

Hyphenated as
le‧brel
Etymology

In summary

Borrowed from French lévrier, from Old French levrer, from Late Latin canem leporārium (literally “hare dog, harehound”), from Latin lepus (“hare”). By surface analysis, liebre + -el. Doublet of lebrero (“harehound”).

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