leono

Common Romance, ultimately from Latin leō.

• IPA^(key): /leˈono/

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• Rhymes: -ono
• Syllabification: le‧o‧no

leono (accusative singular leonon, plural leonoj, accusative plural leonojn)

1. lion

• pantero (“panther”)

• leoniĉo (“male lion”) (neologism)
• leonido (“lion cub”)
• leonino (“lioness”)
• virleono (“male lion”)

• formikleono (“antlion”)
• leonaro (“pride”)
• leonfaŭko (“snapdragon”)

• ĥameleono

• Leono

From Esperanto leono, English lion, French lion, Italian leone, Spanish león, Portuguese leão.

leono (plural leoni)

1. lion
2. (figurative) person of unusual courage

• leonino (“lioness, female lion”)
• leonulo (“male lion”)
• leonyuno (“lion cub”)

• kameleono