lion
Part of speech: noun
adj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English lyoun, lion, leon, borrowed from Old French lion, from Latin leō, (accusative: leōnem), from Ancient Greek λέων (léōn), of unclear origin. Doublet of Leo, leu, lev, and Lyon. Displaced Old English lēo, from the same Latin source.
Inflected forms:
form: lions
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: lion
pos: noun
tags: plural
rare
form: lyon
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: lyon
pos: adj
tags: alternative
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: A big cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa, India and formerly much of Europe.
pos: noun
examples: Tigers and lions share a common ancestor from a few million years ago.
For with ſuch puiſſance and impetuous maine / Thoſe Champions broke on them, that forſt the fly, / Like ſcattered Sheepe, whenas the Shepherds ſwaine / A Lyon and a Tigre doth eſpye, / With greedy pace forth ruſhing from the foreſt nye.
Sinibaldus lists lion's fat as a popular medieval aphrodisiac treatment.
gloss: A big cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa, India and formerly much of Europe.
pos: noun
gloss: Any of various extant and extinct big cats, especially the mountain lion.
pos: noun
tags: broadly
gloss: A Chinese foo dog.
pos: noun
gloss: A person who shows attributes associated with the lion, such as strength, courage, or ferocity.
pos: noun
examples: 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’.
gloss: A famous person regarded with interest and curiosity.
pos: noun
examples: During this period, we were the lions of the neighbourhood; and, no doubt, strangers from the distant villages were taken to see the "Karhowrees" (white men), in the same way that countrymen, in a city, are gallanted to the Zoological Gardens.
Such society was far more enjoyable than that of Edinburgh, for here he was not a lion, but a man.
The men were delighted to go, and became the lions of the following season in Adelaide.
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.
Heated comments were exchanged, and, before anyone could say, "festival," the two lions of the folk power structure were rolling in the dirt.
So bring a basket for the lions / Of City of Industry
gloss: A light brown color that resembles the fur of a lion.
pos: noun
gloss: An old Scottish coin, with a lion on the obverse, worth 74 shillings.
pos: noun
tags: historical
gloss: Of the light brown color that resembles the fur of a lion.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Related words: Chameleon
leo
Leon
Leonids
leonine
Lion's club
Lion's sermon
Derived words: African lion
African Lion Dog
African Lion Hound
American lion
antlion
ant lion
aphid lion
aphis lion
Asian lion
Asiatic lion
Atlas lion
Barbary lion
beard the lion
beard the lion in his den
brave as a lion
Cape lion
cave lion
Cotswold lion
cowardly lion
dandelion
demilion
Essex lion
foo lion
Galapagos sea lion
Galápagos sea lion
golden lion tamarin
guardian lion
jaglion
Japanese sea lion
leopon
liger
liliger
lion ant
lionburger
lion cub
lion cut
lion dance
lion diet
lion dog
lionesque
lioness
lionet
lionfish
lion fish
lionhead
lionhead cichlid
lionhead rabbit
lionheart
Lionheart
lionhearted
lion-hearted
lion-heartedly
lionhood
lion hunter
lion in the way
lionise
lionize
lionish
lionism
lionitis
lionkeeper
lionlike
lionling
lion lizard
lionly
lion mask
Lion of Judah
Lion of St Mark
Lion of Venice
lionproof
Lionrock
Lion Rock
lion's ear
lion's foot
Lion's Head
lionship
lionskin
lion's leaf
lion's share
lion's tail
lion's tooth
lion-tailed macaque
lion tamarin
lion tamer
March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb
marsupial lion
merlion
mountain lion
Nemean lion
northern lion
Nubian lion
red lion
Red Lion
sea lion
sea-lion
she-lion
snow lion
Steller's sea lion
steppe lion
stone lion
tigon
toss to the lions
twist the lion's tail
werelion
wormlion
Translations:
lang: Abenaki
word: pitôlo
lang: Abkhaz
word: алым
roman: aləm
lang: Afar
word: lubaka
lang: Afar
word: lubak
lang: Afrikaans
word: leeu
lang: Akan
word: gyata
lang: Akkadian
word: 𒆷𒁍𒌝
roman: lābum
lang: Akkadian
word: 𒌨𒈤
roman: nēšum
lang: Albanian
word: luan
lang: Amharic
word: አንበሳ
roman: ʾänbäsa
lang: Arabic
word: أَسَد
roman: ʔasad
lang: Arabic
word: لَيْث
roman: layṯ
lang: Chadian Arabic
word: دود
roman: dūd
lang: Arabic
word: أسَد
roman: ʔásad
lang: Arabic
word: سبع
roman: sabʕ
lang: Arabic
word: أسد
roman: ʔasad
lang: Arabic
word: سبع
roman: sbaʕ
lang: Arabic
word: أسَد
roman: ʔásad
lang: Arabic
word: سبع
roman: sabʕ
lang: Aragonese
word: lión
lang: Aramaic
word: ܐܪܝܐ
roman: ʾaryā
lang: Aramaic
word: אַרְיָא
roman: ʾaryā
lang: Armenian
word: առյուծ
roman: aṙyuc
lang: Old Armenian
word: առիւծ
roman: aṙiwc
lang: Aromanian
word: ljundar
lang: Aromanian
word: aslan
lang: Assamese
word: সিংহ
roman: xiṅho
lang: Asturian
word: lleón
lang: Asturian
word: llión
lang: Avar
word: гъалбацӏ
roman: ğalbacʼ
lang: Azerbaijani
word: aslan
lang: Azerbaijani
word: şir
lang: Baiso
word: luban
lang: Balinese
word: singa
lang: Bangi
word: nkosi
lang: Bashkir
word: арыҫлан
roman: arıślan
lang: Basque
word: lehoi
lang: Belanda Bor
word: ꞌdübor
lang: Belarusian
word: леў
roman: ljew
lang: Bemba
word: inkalamo class 9
lang: Bengali
word: সিংহ
roman: śiṅho
lang: Bengali
word: শের
roman: śer
lang: Bau Bidayuh
word: singa
lang: Bongo
word: kpülï
lang: Bouyei
word: jizlanz
lang: Bouyei
word: siyzij
lang: Bulgarian
word: лъв
roman: lǎv
lang: Burmese
word: ခြင်္သေ့
roman: hkrangse.
lang: Burmese
word: သီဟ
roman: siha.
lang: Buryat
word: арсалан
roman: arsalan
lang: Carpathian Rusyn
word: лев
roman: lev
lang: Catalan
word: lleó
lang: Cebuano
word: leon
lang: Central Atlas Tamazight
word: ⵉⵣⵎ
roman: izm
lang: Central Atlas Tamazight
word: ⴰⵢⵔⴰⴷ
roman: ayrad
lang: Chagatai
word: ارسلان
roman: ʾrslān
lang: Chechen
word: лом
roman: lom
lang: Cherokee
word: ᏝᏓᏥ
roman: tladatsi
lang: Cherokee
word: ᎲᏓᏱ
roman: hvdayi
lang: Cherokee
word: ᏢᏓᏥ ᎤᏍᏆᎴᏂ
roman: tlvdatsi usqualeni
lang: Chichewa
word: mkángo
lang: Chichewa
word: nkhalamo
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 獅子 /狮子
roman: si¹ zi²
lang: Chinese
word: сызы
roman: sɨzɨ
lang: Eastern Min Chinese
word: 獅 /狮
roman: săi
lang: Gan Chinese
word: 獅子 /狮子
roman: si¹ zi
lang: Hakka Chinese
word: 獅仔 /狮仔
roman: sṳ̂-é
lang: Chinese
word: 獅 /狮
roman: sai / su / sir
lang: Chinese
word: 獅仔 /狮仔
roman: sai-á
lang: Jin Chinese
word: 獅子 /狮子
roman: si¹ zeh
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 獅子 /狮子
roman: shīzi
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 獅 /狮
roman: shī
lang: Northern Min Chinese
word: 獅子 /狮子
roman: sú-cǔ
lang: Wu Chinese
word: 獅子 /狮子
roman: ¹sy-tsy
lang: Xiang Chinese
word: 獅子 /狮子
roman: sr¹ zr
lang: Chuvash
word: арӑслан
roman: arăslan
lang: West Circassian
word: аслъан
roman: aslˢan
lang: Cornish
word: lew
lang: Cornish
word: lion
lang: Corsican
word: lionu
lang: Northern East Cree
word: ᒥᔑᐱᔑᐤ
roman: mishipishiw
lang: Crimean Tatar
word: arslan
lang: Czech
word: lev
lang: Danish
word: løve
lang: Danish
word: løvinde
lang: Dazaga
word: dugulí
lang: Dinka
word: kör
lang: Dirasha
word: karma
lang: Yanda Dogon
word: dùŋyàrà
lang: Dongolawi
word: ايرجيل
roman: errigeel
lang: Dutch
word: leeuw
lang: Dzongkha
word: སེངགེ
roman: sengge
lang: Egyptian
word: mA-A-i-E22
roman: mꜣj
lang: Elfdalian
word: läjon
lang: Erzya
word: арыслан
roman: arïslan
lang: Esperanto
word: leono
lang: Esperanto
word: virleono
lang: Esperanto
word: leonino
lang: Estonian
word: lõvi
lang: Etruscan
word: 𐌋𐌄𐌖
roman: leu
lang: Ewe
word: dzata
lang: Faroese
word: leyva
lang: Faroese
word: ljón
lang: Faroese
word: løva
lang: Finnish
word: leijona
lang: French
word: lion
lang: French
word: lionne
lang: North Frisian
word: lau
lang: West-Frisian
word: liuw
lang: Galician
word: león
lang: Georgian
word: ლომი
roman: lomi
lang: German
word: Löwe
lang: German
word: Leu
lang: German
word: Löwchen
lang: German
word: Löwlein
lang: German
word: Löwin
lang: Middle High German
word: lewe
lang: Middle High German
word: lebe
lang: Middle High German
word: löuwe
lang: Middle High German
word: leu
lang: Middle High German
word: lewinne
lang: Middle High German
word: löuwinne
lang: Middle High German
word: leuinne
lang: Middle High German
word: lewelîn
lang: Middle High German
word: löuwelîn
lang: Old High German
word: lewo
lang: Old High German
word: leo
lang: Gondi
word: చిహొ
roman: ciho
lang: Gothic
word: 𐌻𐌰𐌹𐍅𐌰
roman: laiwa
lang: Greek
word: λιοντάρι
roman: liontári
lang: Ancient Greek
word: λέων
roman: léōn
lang: Greenlandic
word: løveq
lang: Gujarati
word: સિંહ
roman: sĩh
lang: Gwere
word: mpologoma
lang: Hadza
word: seseme
lang: Haitian Creole
word: lyon
lang: Hausa
word: zaki
lang: Hawaiian
word: liona
lang: Hebrew
word: אַרְיֵה
roman: aryé
lang: Hebrew
word: ארי
roman: ari
lang: Hebrew
word: לביא
roman: lavi
lang: Hebrew
word: כפיר
roman: kfir
lang: Hindi
word: सिंह
roman: sĩh
lang: Hindi
word: शेर
roman: śer
lang: Hindi
word: सिंघ
roman: siṅgh
lang: Hindi
word: बबर
roman: babar
lang: Hindi
word: बबर-शेर
roman: babar-śer
lang: Hindi
word: केहर
roman: kehar
lang: Central Huishui Hmong
word: tsov ntxhuav
lang: Hungarian
word: oroszlán
lang: Icelandic
word: ljón
lang: Ido
word: leono
lang: Ido
word: leonulo
lang: Ido
word: leonino
lang: Igbo
word: ọdụm
lang: Indonesian
word: singa
lang: Ingrian
word: leva
lang: Ingush
word: лом
roman: lom
lang: Interlingua
word: leon
lang: Irish
word: leon
lang: Isoko
word: okpolokpo
lang: Isoko
word: okpohrokpo
lang: Italian
word: leone
lang: Japanese
word: ライオン
roman: raion
lang: Japanese
word: 獅子
roman: shishi
lang: Javanese
word: singa
lang: Old Javanese
word: singha
lang: Jingpho
word: hkanghkyi
lang: Kabyle
word: izem
lang: Kakabe
word: píyon
lang: Kalmyk
word: арслң
roman: arslñ
lang: Kannada
word: ಸಿಂಹ
roman: siṃha
lang: Kaonde
word: bokwe
lang: Kapampangan
word: leon
lang: Kashmiri
word: پادَر سٕہہ
roman: pādar sụh
lang: Kashmiri
word: شیرِ بَبَر
roman: śēri babar
lang: Kazakh
word: арыстан
roman: arystan
lang: Khmer
word: សឹង្ហ
roman: səng
lang: Khmer
word: តោ
roman: tao
lang: Khmer
word: សីហៈ
roman: səyhaʼ
lang: Khoekhoe
word: xammi
lang: Kikuyu
word: mũrũthi
lang: Kimbundu
word: hoji
lang: Kituba
word: nkosi
lang: Komo
word: dob
lang: Korean
word: 사자
roman: saja
lang: Kumyk
word: арслан
roman: arslan
lang: Central Kurdish
word: شێر
roman: şêr
lang: Laki
word: شێر
roman: şêr
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: şêr
lang: Southern Kurdish
word: شێر
roman: şêr
lang: Kwama
word: tishal
lang: Kyrgyz
word: арстан
roman: arstan
lang: Lao
word: ສິງ
roman: sing
lang: Lao
word: ສິງໂຕ
roman: sing tō
lang: Latgalian
word: ļovs
lang: Latin
word: leō
lang: Latvian
word: lauva
lang: Lezgi
word: аслан
roman: aslan
lang: Ligurian
word: lión
lang: Limburgish
word: lieëf
lang: Lingala
word: nkosi
lang: Lingala
word: simba
lang: Lithuanian
word: liūtas
lang: Livonian
word: louv
lang: Low German
word: Lööv
lang: Low German
word: Leuv
lang: Lü
word: ᦉᦲᧂ
roman: ṡiing
lang: Lü
word: ᦉᦲᧂᦷᦑ
roman: ṡiingto
lang: Lutuv
word: chingde
lang: Luwian
word: 𒌨𒈤
roman: walwa
lang: Luxembourgish
word: Léiw
lang: Lydian
word: 𐤥𐤠𐤩𐤥𐤤
roman: walwe
lang: Maasai
word: ol-ngatuny
lang: Macanese
word: leám
lang: Macedonian
word: лав
roman: lav
lang: Malagasy
word: liona
lang: Malay
word: singa
lang: Malay
word: asad
lang: Brunei Malay
word: singa
lang: Malayalam
word: സിംഹം
roman: siṁhaṁ
lang: Maltese
word: ljun
lang: Maltese
word: dorbies
lang: Manchu
word: ᠠᡵᠰᠠᠯᠠᠨ
roman: arsalan
lang: Manchu
word: ᡝᡵᠰᡝᠯᡝᠨ
roman: erselen
lang: Mandinka
word: jatoo
lang: Māori
word: raiona
lang: Marathi
word: सिंह
roman: siuha
lang: Eastern Mari
word: арыслан
roman: aryslan
lang: Masalit
word: amara
lang: Mauritian Creole
word: lyon
lang: Central Melanau
word: singa
lang: Middle English
word: lyoun
lang: Minangkabau
word: singo
lang: Mingrelian
word: ნჯილო
roman: nǯilo
lang: Mongo
word: nkosi
lang: Mongolian
word: арслан
roman: arslan
lang: Mongolian
word: ᠠᠷᠰᠯᠠᠩ
roman: arslang
lang: Mori Bawah
word: singa
lang: Nahuatl
word: cuāmiztli
lang: Neapolitan
word: lione
lang: Nepali
word: सिंह
roman: siṅha
lang: Ngombe (Congo)
word: simba
lang: Nivkh
word: эдр ӈа
roman: edr ŋa
lang: Nivkh
word: эдр
roman: edr
lang: Nivkh
word: ат
roman: at
lang: Nobiin
word: كو
roman: ko
lang: Nogai
word: арыслан
roman: arıslan
lang: Norman
word: lioun
lang: Norman
word: lion
lang: Norman
word: lliaon
lang: Norman
word: lyõ
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: løve
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: løvinne
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: løve
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: løvinne
lang: Nuer
word: lony
lang: Nyole (Uganda)
word: epologoma class 9
lang: Occitan
word: leon
lang: Odia
word: ସିଂହ
roman: siṁha
lang: Church Slavic
word: львъ
roman: lĭvŭ
lang: Old English
word: lēo
lang: Old Prussian
word: laūws
lang: Ossetian
word: цомахъ
roman: comaq
lang: Ossetian
word: лев
roman: lev
lang: Ossetian
word: домбай
roman: dombaj
lang: Pali
word: sīha
lang: Pannonian Rusyn
word: лєв
roman: ljev
lang: Papiamentu
word: leon
lang: Pashto
word: زمری
roman: zmaráy
lang: Pashto
word: مزری
roman: mazráy
lang: Pashto
word: غضنفر
roman: ǧazanfár
lang: Dari
word: شیر
roman: šēr
lang: Iranian Persian
word: شیر
roman: šir
lang: Piedmontese
word: leon
lang: Plautdietsch
word: Leiw
lang: Polish
word: lew
lang: Portuguese
word: leão
lang: Punjabi
word: ਸ਼ੇਰ
roman: śer
lang: Punjabi
word: ਸਿੰਘ
roman: siṅgh
lang: Punjabi
word: سنگھ
roman: pnb
lang: Romagnol
word: liôn
lang: Romani
word: arasláno
lang: Romani
word: levo
lang: Romanian
word: leu
lang: Romansh
word: liun
lang: Russian
word: лев
roman: lev
lang: Russian
word: льви́ца
roman: lʹvíca
lang: Saho
word: lubak
lang: Samoan
word: leona
lang: Sangisari
word: شیر
roman: šir
lang: Sanskrit
word: केसरी
roman: kesarī
lang: Sanskrit
word: सिंह
roman: siṃha
lang: Sanskrit
word: हरि
roman: hari
lang: Sardinian
word: leòne
lang: Sardinian
word: leone
lang: Sardinian
word: leoni
lang: Sardinian
word: lioni
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: leòmhann
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: ла̏в
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: lȁv
lang: Shan
word: သၢင်ႇသီႈ
roman: sàang sīi
lang: Shona
word: shumba
lang: Sicilian
word: liuni
lang: Sindhi
word: شِینھُن
roman: šī̃hun
lang: Sindhi
word: شِینھِڻ
roman: šī̃hiṇ
lang: Sinhalese
word: සිංහයා
roman: siṁhayā
lang: Slovak
word: lev
lang: Slovene
word: lev
lang: Somali
word: libaax
lang: Lower Sorbian
word: law
lang: Upper Sorbian
word: law
lang: Sotho
word: tau
lang: Spanish
word: león
lang: Sranan Tongo
word: lew
lang: Sumerian
word: 𒊊
roman: pirig̃
lang: Sumerian
word: 𒌨𒈤
roman: urmaḫ
lang: Sundanese
word: singa jalu
lang: Swahili
word: simba
lang: Swedish
word: lejon
lang: Tabasaran
word: аслан
roman: aslan
lang: Tagalog
word: leon
lang: Tagalog
word: halimaw
lang: Tajik
word: шер
roman: šer
lang: Tamil
word: சிங்கம்
roman: ciṅkam
lang: Tamil
word: அரிமா
roman: arimā
lang: Tarifit
word: ayrad
lang: Tarifit
word: izem
lang: Tarifit
word: buharru
lang: Tatar
word: арыслан
roman: arıslan
lang: Telugu
word: సింహము
roman: siṁhamu
lang: Telugu
word: హరి
roman: hari
lang: Thai
word: สิงโต
roman: sǐng-dtoo
lang: Thai
word: ราชสีห์
roman: râat-chá-sǐi
lang: Thai
word: สีห์
roman: sǐi
lang: Tibetan
word: སེང་གེ
roman: seng ge
lang: Tigrinya
word: ኣንበሳ
roman: ʾanbäsa
lang: Tocharian B
word: ṣecake
lang: Tooro
word: entale class 9
lang: Tswana
word: tau
lang: Tumbuka
word: nkhalamu
lang: Turkana
word: engatuny
lang: Turkish
word: aslan
lang: Turkish
word: arslan
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: آرسلان
roman: arslan
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: اسد
roman: esed
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: غضنفر
roman: gazanfer
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: شیر
roman: şîr
lang: Turkmen
word: arslan
lang: Turkmen
word: şir
lang: Turkmen
word: ýolbars
lang: Udmurt
word: арыслан
roman: aryslan
lang: Udmurt
word: лев
roman: ľev
lang: Ugaritic
word: 𐎍𐎁𐎜
roman: lbủ
lang: Ugaritic
word: 𐎀𐎗𐎆
roman: ảrw
lang: Ukrainian
word: лев
roman: lev
lang: Umbundu
word: hosi
lang: Unami
word: winkeòhkwèt
lang: Urdu
word: شیر
roman: śer
lang: Urdu
word: سِن٘گھ
roman: siṅgh
lang: Urdu
word: سِن٘ہ
roman: sĩh
lang: Urhobo
word: okpohrókpo
lang: Uyghur
word: ئارسلان
roman: arslan
lang: Uyghur
word: شىر
roman: shir
lang: Uzbek
word: sher
lang: Uzbek
word: arslon
lang: Venetan
word: leon
lang: Venetan
word: lion
lang: Vietnamese
word: sư tử
lang: Volapük
word: leon
lang: Welsh
word: llew
lang: Winnebago
word: šųųkjąįke
lang: Winnebago
word: wažą paa hišek
lang: Winnebago
word: rookisak hįįšek
lang: Wolaytta
word: gaammuwa
lang: Wolof
word: gaynde gi
lang: Xhosa
word: ingonyama
lang: Yakut
word: хахай
roman: qaqay
lang: Yao (Africa)
word: lisimba class 5
lang: Yiddish
word: לייב
roman: leyb
lang: Yoruba
word: kìnìún
lang: Zazaki
word: şêr (diq)
lang: Zhuang
word: saeceij
lang: Zulu
word: ibhubesi
lang: Zulu
word: imbube
lang: Zulu
word: ingonyama
lang: ǃXóõ
word: ǀá̰i