lion
French
noun
Definitions
- (zoology) lion
- (figuratively) lion (brave person)
- (heraldiccharge) lion
- (figuratively) lion celebrity, famous person
- (dated) a style of elegant young man that came after the dandy
Etymology
Inherited from Old French lion 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
- leone Italian
- leonessa Italian
- lionne Dutch, Flemish
- napoleontisch Dutch, Flemish
- fourmi French
- fourmilion French
- lionne French
- leonado Spanish, Castilian
- leonera Spanish, Castilian
- leonero Spanish, Castilian
- león Spanish, Castilian
- micoleón Spanish, Castilian
- Δημολέων Ancient Greek
- Λεωνίδας Ancient Greek
- Τιμολέων Ancient Greek
- λέων Ancient Greek
- λεοντοπέταλον Ancient Greek
- λεοντοπόδιον Ancient Greek
- μυρμηκολέων Ancient Greek
- χαμαιλέων Ancient Greek
- leão Portuguese
- ライオン Japanese
- lyoun Middle English
- lion Old French
- leono Esperanto
- leu Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- Leons Latvian
- lyon Middle French
- ⲗⲉⲱⲛ Coptic
- ļaiōn Marshallese
- ļaiōōn Marshallese
- leon Papiamentu
- liona Hawaiian
- lion Kabuverdianu
- raiona Maori
- lyon Mauritian Creole
- λεοντάριον grc-koi
- leyu Tetelcingo Nahuatl
- lyon Seychellois Creole
- lyon Antillean Creole
- liong Huave