name
Meaning 1
The city of Livorno in Italy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
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Standard Lemma guide
Leghorn
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /ˈlɛɡhɔːn/
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US: /ˈlɛɡhɔɹn/
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UK: /lɛˈɡɔːn/
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rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)n
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noun
Meaning 2
Alternative letter-case form of leghorn.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
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noun
Meaning 3
A type of dried plaited wheat straw fabric.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
Meaning 4
A type of hat made from Leghorn straw.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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noun
Meaning 5
A small white chicken of a hardy breed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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noun
Meaning 6
a stiff hat made of straw with a flat crown
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: boater, Panama, Panama hat, sailor, skimmer, straw hat
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: hat, chapeau, lid
History
Etymology
From Old Italian Legorno, from Latin Liburnus, from Liburnī, name of the ancient population of Liburnians. Doublet of Livorno.
Mid 18th century: from Leghorn (“Livorno”), the place the straw and fowls were imported from.
Across languages
Translations
31 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 來亨雞 /来亨鸡 (láihéngjī) — small white chicken breed
- Chinese Mandarin: 力康雞 /力康鸡 (lìkāngjī) — small white chicken breed
- Czech: leghornka — small white chicken breed
- Dutch: leghorn — small white chicken breed
- Finnish: leghorn — small white chicken breed
- French: leghorn — small white chicken breed
- Georgian: ლეგჰორნი (leghorni) — small white chicken breed
- German: Leghorn — small white chicken breed
- Greek: λέγκχορν (légkchorn) — small white chicken breed
- Hebrew: לֶגְהוֹרְן (leghórn) — small white chicken breed
- Italian: livorno — small white chicken breed
- Italian: livornese — small white chicken breed
- Italian: gallina livornese — small white chicken breed
- Italian: galletto livornese — small white chicken breed
- Japanese: レグホーン (reguhōn) — small white chicken breed
- Japanese: レグホン (reguhon) — small white chicken breed
- Korean: 레그혼 (regeuhon) — small white chicken breed
- Kyrgyz: леггорн (leggorn) — small white chicken breed
- Malayalam: വൈറ്റ് ലെഗോൺ (vaiṟṟŭ legōṇ) — small white chicken breed
- Persian: لگرن (legarn) — small white chicken breed
- Portuguese: legorne — small white chicken breed
- Romanian: leghorn — small white chicken breed
- Russian: легго́рн (leggórn) — small white chicken breed
- Russian: легго́рнка (leggórnka) — small white chicken breed
- Serbo-Croatian: лѐгхорн — small white chicken breed
- Serbo-Croatian: lèghorn — small white chicken breed
- Tamil: லெக்கார்ன் கோழி (lekkārṉ kōḻi) — small white chicken breed
- Ukrainian: легго́рн (lehhórn) — small white chicken breed
- Uzbek: leggorn — small white chicken breed
- Vietnamese: gà Leghorn — small white chicken breed
- Vietnamese: gà Lơ-go — small white chicken breed
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