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English

Alternative forms

• lyon (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English lyoun, lion, leon, borrowed from Old French lion, from Latin le?, (accusative: le?nem), from Ancient Greek ???? (lé?n). Some argue that it is a borrowing from a Semitic language; however evidence is not clear and the relation with Proto-Semitic *labi?- is not solid. Semitic "labi/lavi" could either be a parent term to the Greek one or both could have evolved independently from a now lost root. Doublet of Leo, leu, lev, and Lyon.

Pronunciation

• enPR: l?'?n, IPA^(key): /?la??n/
• Rhymes: -a??n

Noun

lion (plural lions or lion, feminine lioness)

1. A big cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa, India and formerly much of Europe.
   1. (in particular) A male lion, as opposed to a lioness.
2. (by extension) Any of various extant and extinct big cats, especially the mountain lion.
3. A Chinese foo dog.
4. An individual who shows strength and courage, attributes associated with the lion.
   • 2003, Peter Armstrong and Angus McBride, Stirling Bridge & Falkirk 1297–98: William Wallace's Rebellion:

     It was said of [Edward Plantaganet] that 'he was a lion for pride and ferocity but a pard for inconstancy and changeableness, not keeping his word or promise but excusing himself with fair words'.

5. A famous person regarded with interest and curiosity.
   • 1844, John Wilson, Essay on the Genius, and Character of Burns

     Such society was far more enjoyable than that of Edinburgh, for here he was not a lion, but a man.

   • 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, ch. 4

     Rose Waterford was a cynic. She looked upon life as an opportunity for writing novels and the public as her raw material. Now and then she invited members of it to her house if they showed an appreciation of her talent and entertained with proper lavishness. She held their weakness for lions in good-humoured contempt, but played to them her part of the distinguished woman of letters with decorum.

6. A light brown color that resembles the fur of a lion. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

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

Holonyms

• (individual Panthera leo): pride

Coordinate terms

• (Panthera leo): cougar, leopard, panther, puma, tiger
• (male lion individual): cub, lioness

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

• ? Hawaiian: liona
• ? Japanese: ???? (raion)
• ? Maia: laion

Translations

Adjective

lion (not comparable)

1. Of the light brown color that resembles the fur of a lion.

See also

• lion on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Panthera leo on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• lion on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Appendix:Animals
• Appendix:English collective nouns

Anagrams

• Nilo-, Olin, lino, loin, noil

French

Etymology

From Old French lion, a semi-learned borrowing from Latin le?, le?nem, from Ancient Greek ???? (lé?n).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lj??/
• Rhymes: -??
• Homophone: Lyon

Noun

lion m (plural lions, feminine lionne)

1. (zoology) lion
   1. (specifically) male lion
2. (figuratively) lion (brave person)

   Se défendre comme un lion, - to defend oneself with great courage

3. (heraldry) lion
4. (figuratively, dated) lion (celebrity; famous person)
5. (dated) a style of elegant young man that came after the dandy

Derived terms

• avoir mangé du lion
• lion des montagnes
• lionne (“lioness”)
• lionceau (“lion cub”)
• part du lion

Descendants

• Haitian Creole: lyon
• Mauritian Creole: lyon
• Seychellois Creole: lyon

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• loin

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Spanish león.

Noun

lion

1. lion

Krio

Etymology

From English leone.

Noun

lion

1. leone (currency of Sierra Leone)

Middle English

Noun

lion

1. Alternative form of lyoun

Old French

Alternative forms

• leon, leun, liun, lÿon

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin le?, le?nem, derived from Ancient Greek ???? (lé?n).

Noun

lion m (oblique plural lions, nominative singular lions, nominative plural lion)

1. lion (animal)

Descendants

• Middle French: lyon
  • French: lion
    • Haitian Creole: lyon
    • Mauritian Creole: lyon
    • Seychellois Creole: lyon
• Norman: lioun, lion, lliaon, lyõ
• Picard: lion
• ? Breton: leon
• ? Middle English: lyoun, lion, leon, lioun, lyon, liun, lyoone, leun, lyoon, lyown, lyun, leoun, lyone
  • English: lion
    • ? Hawaiian: liona
    • ? Japanese: ???? (raion)
    • ? Maia: laion
  • Scots: lion
  • Yola: leeoon, leioon

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /li?u?/

Noun

lion m

1. lion (animal)

   Synonym: leon

English

Etymology

From Middle English lopster, from Old English loppestre (“lobster, spider-like creature”), believed to be a corruption of Latin locusta (“lobster, locust”) + the Old English feminine agent suffix -estre.

Alternatively, from Old English lobbe, loppe (“spider”) + the Old English feminine agent suffix -estre, equivalent to lop +? -ster.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?l?b.st?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?l?b.st?/
• Rhymes: -?bst?(?)

Adjective

lobster (comparative more lobster, superlative most lobster)

1. red-colored, especially from a sunburn.

Noun

lobster (countable and uncountable, plural lobsters)

1. A crustacean of the Nephropidae family, dark green or blue-black in colour turning bright red when cooked, with a hard shell and claws, which is used as a seafood.
   • 1991, Markus Grosskopf, "Shit and Lobster", Helloween, Pink Bubbles Go Ape.

2. A crustacean of the Palinuridae family, pinkish red in colour, with a hard, spiny shell but no claws, which is used as a seafood.
3. (slang, historical) A soldier or officer of the imperial British Army (due to their red or scarlet uniform).
4. (slang) An Australian twenty dollar note, due to its reddish-orange colour.

Synonyms

• (British soldier) lobsterback, redcoat

Hyponyms

• (crustacean in Palinuridae): cray, langouste, spiny lobster, rock lobster

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• crawfish
• crayfish
• mudbug
• prawn
• shrimp
• yabby
• lobster on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Verb

lobster (third-person singular simple present lobsters, present participle lobstering, simple past and past participle lobstered)

1. To fish for lobsters.

Translations

Anagrams

• Bolster, Bortles, Strobel, Stroble, bolster, bolters, reblots, rebolts, trobles