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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

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /so?p/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /s??p/
• Rhymes: -??p

Etymology 1

From Middle English sope, sape, from Old English s?pe (“soap, salve”), from Proto-West Germanic *saip?, from Proto-Germanic *saip?, from Proto-Indo-European *seyb-, *seyp- (“to pour out, drip, trickle, strain”).

Cognate with Scots saip, sape (“soap”), Saterland Frisian Seepe (“soap”), West Frisian sjippe (“soap”), Dutch zeep (“soap”), German Low German Seep (“soap”), German Seife (“soap”), Danish sæbe (“soap”), Swedish såpa (“soap”), Norwegian Bokmål såpe (“soap”), Norwegian Nynorsk såpe (“soap”), Faroese sápa (“soap”), Icelandic sápa (“soap”). Related also to Old English s?p (“amber, resin, pomade, unguent”), Latin s?bum (“tallow, fat, grease”). See seep. Latin s?p? (“soap”) is a borrowing from the Germanic.

Noun

soap (countable and uncountable, plural soaps)

1. (countable, uncountable) A substance able to mix with both oil and water, used for cleaning, often in the form of a solid bar (bar soap) or in liquid form (liquid soap), derived from fats or made synthetically.

2. (chemistry) A metallic salt derived from a fatty acid
3. Flattery or excessively complacent conversation.

4. (slang) Money, specially when used as a bribe.
5. (countable, informal) A soap opera.
6. (countable) A solid masonry unit or brick reduced in depth or height from standard dimensions.

Alternative forms

• sope (obsolete)

Derived terms

Descendants

Translations

See also

• body wash
• shampoo
• shower gel
• wash-ball

References

• The Free Dictionary definitions from various other dictionaries
• Soaping Masonry

Verb

soap (third-person singular simple present soaps, present participle soaping, simple past and past participle soaped)

1. (transitive) To apply soap to in washing.

2. (transitive, informal) To cover, lather or in any other form treat with soap, often as a prank.

3. (transitive, informal) To be discreet about (a topic).
4. (slang, dated) To flatter; to wheedle.

Synonyms

• (to be discreet about): soft soap, sugar soap, soft-pedal, downplay

Translations

Related terms

• soaper
• saponification

See also

• soap on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

Noun

soap (uncountable)

1. (slang) sodium pentothal
   • 2013, John Gardner, James Bond: The John Gardner Years

     'Time? Doesn't have much meaning when they're trying to dry you out. I rather think they gave me a shot of soap at one point.' Soap is intelligence speak for sodium pentathol.

Anagrams

• AOPs, AOSP, OAPs, OSAP, PAOs, Paos, Paso, SOPA, Sapo, poas, sapo-

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English soap. Doublet of zeep.

Pronunciation

Noun

soap f (plural soaps, diminutive soapje n)

1. soap opera, soap

Anagrams

• opa's

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English soap.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sop/

Noun

soap m (plural soaps)

1. soap opera, soap

Anagrams

• posa