See also: leon, Leon, leòn, León, and Léon

Galician

edit

Alternative forms

edit

Etymology

edit

From Latin leō.

Pronunciation

edit

Noun

edit

león m (plural leóns)

  1. lion

Further reading

edit

Old Norse

edit

Alternative forms

edit

Etymology

edit

Borrowed from Latin leō (lion).

Noun

edit

león m (genitive leóns, plural leónir)

  1. lion

Declension

edit

Descendants

edit
  • Icelandic: ljón
  • Faroese: ljón
  • Elfdalian: läjon
  • Old Swedish: leon, leion, leyan

Spanish

edit
 
Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia es
 
león [1]
 
león [2]
 
león [3]

Etymology

edit

From Latin leōnem (compare Catalan lleó, French lion, Galician león, Italian leone, Portuguese leão, Romanian leu), from Ancient Greek λέων (léōn), of Semitic origin. Doublet of leu.

Pronunciation

edit
  • IPA(key): /leˈon/ [leˈõn]
    • Audio (Spain):(file)
    • Rhymes: -on
  • IPA(key): /ˈleon/ [ˈle.õn]
  • Syllabification: le‧ón

Noun

edit

león m (plural leones, feminine leona, feminine plural leonas)

  1. lion
  2. antlion
    Synonym: hormiga león
  3. (heraldry) lion
  4. (figurative) a brave person
  5. (Central America, Colombia, Peru, Venezuela) cougar, puma, mountain lion
    Synonyms: león de montaña, pantera, puma
  6. (soccer) a person connected with Athletic Bilbao, a Spanish football team from the city of Bilbao

Hyponyms

edit

Derived terms

edit

Descendants

edit

Further reading

edit

Anagrams

edit