levrier
See also: lévrier
Romanian
Alternative forms
- левриер (levrier) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling
Etymology
Borrowed from French lévrier, from Old French levrer, from Late Latin canem leporārium (literally “hare dog, harehound”), from Latin lepus (“hare”). By surface analysis, iepure + -ier. Doublet of iepurar (“golden eagle”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /le.vriˈer/
- Rhymes: -er
- Hyphenation: le‧vri‧er
Noun
levrier m (plural levrieri, feminine equivalent levretă)
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | levrier | levrierul | levrieri | levrierii | |
| genitive-dative | levrier | levrierului | levrieri | levrierilor | |
| vocative | levrierule | levrierilor | |||
Further reading
- “levrier”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026