different between lepal vs leal

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????? (lepís, “scale (of a fish); flake”); compare French lépale.

Noun

lepal (plural lepals)

1. (botany, obsolete) A sterile transformed stamen.

Anagrams

• Pella, lapel

Estonian

Noun

lepal

1. adessive singular of lepp

Volapük

Etymology

le- (“grand”) +? pal (“parent”)

Noun

lepal (nominative plural lepals)

1. grandparent

Declension

Hyponyms

• fatafat (“paternal grandfather”)
• fatamot (“paternal grandmother”)
• lefat (“grandfather”)
• lefatül (“grandpa”) (endearment)
• lemot (“grandmother”)
• lemotül (“grandma”) (endearment)
• motafat (“maternal grandfather”)
• motamot (“maternal grandmother”)

English

Etymology

From Middle English leel, lel, borrowed from Anglo-Norman leal and Old French leial, from Latin l?g?lis. Doublet of loyal and legal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /li?l/

Adjective

leal (comparative lealer, superlative lealest)

1. (now chiefly Scotland) Loyal, honest.
   • 2000, George RR Martin, A Storm of Swords, Bantam 2011, p. 858:

     We thank you for the pure white fire of his goodness, for the red sword of justice in his hand, for the love he bears his leal people.

2. (now only Scotland) True, genuine.

Anagrams

• Ella, Lela

Galician

Etymology

From Old Portuguese, from Latin leg?lis. Compare legal.

Adjective

leal m or f (plural leais)

1. adhering to the rules of propriety, fair, honest, loyal, true

Antonyms

• desleal

Derived terms

• lealmente

Related terms

• lealdade
• lei

Ladin

Etymology

From Latin leg?lis.

Adjective

leal m (feminine singular leala, masculine plural leai, feminine plural leales)

1. loyal
2. honest

Synonyms

• (loyal): fedel

Related terms

• lege

Old French

Adjective

leal m (oblique and nominative feminine singular leal)

1. Alternative form of loial

Declension

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese leal, from Latin leg?lis. Compare legal, borrowed from the same source.

Adjective

leal (plural leais, comparable)

1. adhering to the rules of propriety, fair, honest, loyal, true

Antonyms

• desleal

Derived terms

• lealmente

Related terms

• lealdade
• lei

Scots

Etymology

From Middle English leel, lel, borrowed from Anglo-Norman leal and Old French leial, from Latin l?g?lis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lil/

Adjective

leal (comparative mair leal, superlative maist leal)

1. loyal
2. true, pure

Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish, from Latin leg?lis. See also the borrowed doublet legal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /le?al/, [le?al]
• Rhymes: -al

Adjective

leal (plural leales)

1. adhering to the rules of propriety, fair, honest, loyal, true

   Synonym: fiel

   Antonym: desleal

Derived terms

• lealmente

Related terms

• lealtad
• ley

Further reading

• “leal” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.