lyoun
Middle English
/liːˈuːn/
noun
Definitions
- lion The felid Panthera leo
- A depiction of a lion as in heraldry.
- Leo the constellation or astrological sign
- (figurative) A unjust or ferocious individual.
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French leon derived from Latin leōnem derived from Ancient Greek λέων (lion).
Origin
Ancient Greek
λέων
Gloss
lion
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Lionheart English
- antlion English
- demilion English
- lion English
- lionburger English
- lionesque English
- lioness English
- lionet English
- lionfish English
- lionhead English
- lionhead cichlid English
- lionhead rabbit English
- lionheart English
- lionhearted English
- lionhood English
- lionise English
- lionish English
- lionism English
- lionitis English
- lionize English
- lionkeeper English
- lionlike English
- lionly English
- lionship English
- lionskin English
- merlion English
- sea lion English
- werelion English
- wormlion English
- leo Latin
- leonis, leo Latin
- leō Latin
- leōnem Latin
- leōnis, leō, leo Latin
- napoleontisch Dutch, Flemish
- lion French
- Δημολέων Ancient Greek
- Λεωνίδας Ancient Greek
- Τιμολέων Ancient Greek
- λέων Ancient Greek
- λεοντοπέταλον Ancient Greek
- λεοντοπόδιον Ancient Greek
- μυρμηκολέων Ancient Greek
- χαμαιλέων Ancient Greek
- ライオン Japanese
- leon Old French
- lion Old French
- leono Esperanto
- lleó Catalan, Valencian
- leu Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- Leons Latvian
- lyon Middle French
- ⲗⲉⲱⲛ Coptic
- ļaiōn Marshallese
- ļaiōōn Marshallese
- leon Old Spanish
- lión Ligurian
- liona Hawaiian
- raiona Maori
- λεοντάριον grc-koi