løve
Norwegian
noun-c
Definitions
- a lion
- (idiomatic) A man who is the object of celebrity and attention in high society.
- Leo person born under that astrological sign
Etymology
Derived from Latin leo (lion) derived from Ancient Greek λέων (lion).
Origin
Ancient Greek
λέων
Gloss
lion
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- leo Latin
- leō Latin
- leōnem Latin
- leōnis, leō, leo Latin
- Ameisenlöwe German
- Höhlenlöwe German
- Kaplöwe German
- Löwchen German
- Löwe German
- Löwenanteil German
- Löwenkopf German
- Löwenkopfkaninchen German
- Löwenmähne German
- Löwenzahn German
- Löwenäffchen German
- Löwin German
- Seelöwe German
- napoleontisch Dutch, Flemish
- Δημολέων Ancient Greek
- Λεωνίδας Ancient Greek
- Τιμολέων Ancient Greek
- λέων Ancient Greek
- λεοντοπέταλον Ancient Greek
- λεοντοπόδιον Ancient Greek
- μυρμηκολέων Ancient Greek
- χαμαιλέων Ancient Greek
- sjø Norwegian Bokmål
- sjøløve Norwegian Bokmål
- Leo Portuguese
- løve Norwegian Nynorsk
- *lьvъ Proto-Slavic
- lion Old French
- leu Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- Leons Latvian
- leon Old Swedish
- ⲗⲉⲱⲛ Coptic
- λεοντάριον grc-koi
- leon Interlingua