Meaning

8 senses
  1. A big cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa, India and formerly much of Europe.

    Tigers and lions share a common ancestor from a few million years ago.

    Löwe, Leu, Löwchen

    левlev, льви́цаlʹvíca

    левlev

  2. A big cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa, India and formerly much of Europe.

    A male lion, as opposed to a lioness, which is characterized by having a flowing shaggy mane and taking little part in hunting, which can be done cooperatively.

    large gregarious predatory feline of Africa and India having a tawny coat with a shaggy mane in the male

  3. (broadly)Any of various extant and extinct big cats, especially the mountain lion.

    Löwe

  4. A Chinese foo dog.

  5. A person who shows attributes associated with the lion, such as strength, courage, or ferocity.

  6. A famous person regarded with interest and curiosity.

    знамени́тостьznamenítostʹ

  7. A light brown color that resembles the fur of a lion.

  8. (historical)An old Scottish coin, with a lion on the obverse, worth 74 shillings.

Examples

525 sentences
  1. Have you ever seen a lion?

    Ти коли небудь бачив лева?

    ruТы когда-нибудь видел льва?

    deHast du jemals einen Löwen gesehen?

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  2. I was surprised to see a lion.

    Я здивувався, побачивши лева.

    ruЯ удивился, увидев льва.

    deIch war überrascht, einen Löwen zu sehen.

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  3. This is a lion.

    Це лев.

    ruЭто - лев.

    deDas hier ist ein Löwe.

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  4. Is that a lion?

    Це лев?

    ruЭто лев?

    deIst das ein Löwe?

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  5. The lion is the king of beasts.

    Лев - король звірів.

    ruЛев — царь зверей.

    deDer Löwe ist der König der Tiere.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
big cat Panthera leo:
Русский
By meaning 2
big cat Panthera leo:
famous person:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
big cat Panthera leo:

Origin

From Middle English lyoun, lion, leon, borrowed from Old French lion, from Latin leō, (acc

From Middle English lyoun, lion, leon, borrowed from Old French lion, from Latin leō, (accusative: leōnem), from Ancient Greek λέων (léōn), of unclear origin. Doublet of Leo, leu, lev, and Lyon. Displaced Old English lēo, from the same Latin source.

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Forms

plural: lions
Singularlion
Plurallions

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • large gregarious predatory feline of Africa and India having a tawny coat with a shaggy mane in the male:king of beastsPanthera leo
  • a celebrity who is lionized (much sought after):social lion
  • (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Leo:Leo
  • the fifth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about July 23 to August 22:LeoLeo the Lion

Word family

66 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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