Standard Lemma guide
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
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
name
A male given name from Latin of mostly British usage.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
A village in Ness, Isle of Lewis, Western Isles council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NB5363). From Scottish Gaelic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
lion cub
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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History
A Middle English diminutive of French Léon, Latin Leo (“lion”), or of the Middle English nickname Lion + -el (diminutive suffix).
From Old French [Term?], diminutive of lion.
Across languages
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
