different between castor vs leda

English

Etymology 1

From Old French castor (“beaver”), from Latin castor (“beaver”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?k??s.t?/
• Rhymes: -??st?(r)
• Homophone: caster

Noun

castor (plural castors)

1. A hat made from the fur of the beaver.
2. A heavy quality of broadcloth for overcoats.
3. Castoreum (bitter exudate of mature beavers).
4. Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Ariadne, of Africa and Asia.

Synonyms

• (hat): beaver, castoreum (archaic)
• (cloth): beaver

Related terms

• castorette
• castoreum

Translations

See also

• castor bean
• castor oil

Etymology 2

Named from Greek mythology; see Castor and Pollux. The name pollux was given to another mineral with which it was always found.

Noun

castor (uncountable)

1. (mineralogy) A variety of petalite found in Elba.

Synonyms

• castorite

Etymology 3

Alternative spelling of caster, via cast +? -or (the Latinate varient of -er).

Noun

castor (plural castors)

1. (especially Britain) Alternative spelling of caster, especially in its senses
   1. A pivoting roller attached to the bottom of furniture to allow it to be moved.
   2. A container with a perforated cap for sprinkling its contents, especially salt, pepper, &c.

Derived terms

• castor sugar

References

castor in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• Castro, Croats, acrost, actors, co-star, costar, scroat, scrota, tarocs

Asturian

Noun

castor m (plural castores)

1. beaver

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin castor.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /k?s?to/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /kas?to?/

Noun

castor m (plural castors)

1. beaver

Further reading

• “castor” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

French

Etymology

From Latin castor (“beaver”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kas.t??/
• Homophone: castors

Noun

castor m (plural castors)

1. beaver (aquatic mammal)

Synonyms

• (beaver): bièvre

Further reading

• “castor” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• scorât

Galician

Etymology

From Latin castor (“beaver”).

Noun

castor m (plural castores)

1. beaver

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????? (kást?r), from Doric Greek ?????? (káston, “wood”). See also Sanskrit ??????? (kast?r?, “musk”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?kas.tor/, [?käs?t??r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?kas.tor/, [?k?st??r]

Noun

castor m (genitive castoris); third declension

1. beaver

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Synonyms

• fiber, beber (Late Latin)

Derived terms

• castore?tus
• castoreum
• castor?n?tus
• castor?nus

Related terms

• Castor

Descendants

See also

• Castor

Anagrams

• Arctos

References

• castor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• castor in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• castor in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• castor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• castor in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• castor in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from French castor, from Latin castor (“beaver”).

Noun

castor m (plural castors)

1. (Jersey) beaver

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin castor (“beaver”).

Noun

castor m (plural castores)

1. beaver

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French castor and its source, Latin castor, from Ancient Greek ?????? (kást?r).

Noun

castor m (plural castori)

1. beaver

Declension

Synonyms

• biber (less common)

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin castor (“beaver”).

Noun

castor m (plural castores)

1. beaver

Esperanto

Etymology

From ledo +? -a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?leda/
• Rhymes: -eda

Adjective

leda (accusative singular ledan, plural ledaj, accusative plural ledajn)

1. leather

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from French laid, Italian laido.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?leda/

Adjective

leda

1. ugly
   • 1955, The International Language Review, page 39.

   Antonym: bela

Derived terms

Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?da

Verb

leda

1. inflection of ledere:
   1. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• ledet

Verb

leda

1. inflection of lede:
   1. simple past
   2. past participle

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse liða and hliða.

Verb

leda (present tense ledar, past tense leda, past participle leda, passive infinitive ledast, present participle ledande, imperative led)

1. Alternative form of lea

Etymology 2

From led (“part, joint”) +? -a (“-ed”).

Alternative forms

• ledda

Adjective

leda (singular and plural leda)

1. (especially in compounds) composed of parts (in sequence)

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

leda n

1. definite plural of led

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

leda f

1. definite singular of led

References

• “leda” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• adel, adle, alde, dale, dela, elda, edla, lade

Old Frisian

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *laidijan. Cognate with Old English l?dan, Old Saxon l?dian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?le?da/, [?l??da]

Verb

l?da

1. (transitive) to lead

Descendants

• West Frisian: liede

References

• Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, ?ISBN, page 28

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish l?þa, from Old Norse leiða, from Proto-Germanic *laidijan?.

Pronunciation

Adjective

leda

1. absolute singular definite and plural form of led.

Noun

leda c

1. boredom

Declension

Verb

leda (present leder, preterite ledde, supine lett, imperative led)

1. to (gently) lead; to guide, to conduct
2. to be in the lead; to be the leader of a competition
3. to guide, to direct; to be in a position of leadership

Conjugation

Derived terms

Anagrams

• Edla, adel, dela, lade