levriero
Italian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Adapted borrowing of French lévrier, from Old French levrer, from Late Latin canem leporārium (literally “hare dog, harehound”), from Latin lepus (“hare”). By surface analysis, lepre + -iero.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /leˈvrjɛ.ro/
- Rhymes: -ɛro
- Hyphenation: le‧vriè‧ro
Noun
levriero m (plural levrieri)
- greyhound (and similar dogs)
Derived terms
- levriero afgano (“Afghan Hound”)
- levriero irlandese (“Irish wolfhound”)
- piccolo levriero italiano (“Italian greyhound”)