noun
Meaning 1
The unit of currency of Romania, equal to one hundred bani.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
leu
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/ˈleɪ.uː/
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noun
Meaning 2
The unit of currency of Moldova, equal to one hundred bani.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
Initialism of low-enriched uranium.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Qualifier: nuclear
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Broader terms: enriched uranium, uranium
noun
Meaning 4
Initialism of lineside electronics unit.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Qualifier: train control
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Broader terms: unit
noun
Meaning 5
the basic unit of money in Romania
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: Romanian monetary unit
noun
Meaning 6
the basic unit of money in Moldova
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: Moldovan monetary unit
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Romanian leu (“lion”), from Latin leō (“lion”). Doublet of Leo, lev, lion, and Lyon.
Across languages
Translations
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: ле́я (léja) — Translations
- Catalan: leu — Translations
- Chinese Mandarin: 列伊 (lièyī) — Translations
- Finnish: leu — Translations
- Greek: λέι (léi) — Translations
- Hungarian: lej — Translations
- Japanese: レウ (reu) — Translations
- Korean: 레우 (re'u) — Translations
- Macedonian: леа (lea) — Translations
- Polish: lej — Translations
- Portuguese: leu — Translations
- Romanian: leu — Translations
- Russian: лей (lej) — Translations
- Serbo-Croatian: леј — Translations
- Serbo-Croatian: lej — Translations
- Slovak: leu — Translations
- Slovak: lei — Translations
- Ukrainian: лей (lej) — Translations