leão

Meaning

1. (masculine) lion (mammal)
2. (masculine) lion

Concepts

lion

🦁

lions

leo

♌

Lion

🦁

Panthera leo

Chinese lion

Fu dog

lioness ж.

lion face

lion face

king of beasts

leo

♌

lioness

Synonyms

Leões

cara de leão

signo de Leão

Translations

lion

🦁

Löwe

🦁

león

🦁

leeuw

🦁

leone

🦁

λιοντάρι

aslan

🦁

leo

🦁

lleó

🦁

أسد

🦁

şêr

🦁

leon

leō

Löwin

Pronounced as (IPA)

/leˈɐ̃w̃/

Etymology

Cognate with Catalan: lleó

Cognate with Occitan: leon

Cognate with French: lion

Cognate with Italian: leone

Cognate with Romanian: leu

In summary

From Old Galician-Portuguese leon (“lion”), from Latin leōnem (“lion”), from Ancient Greek λέων (léōn). Doublet of leu. Cognate with Galician and Spanish león among others.