Leonardo

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Leonardo.

Proper noun

Leonardo

1. A male given name from Italian, equivalent to English Leonard.
   • 2022 April 20, Megan Marples, “Taylor Swift inspired an entomologist to name a new millipede species after the megastar”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     Leonardo DiCaprio had a tree, Uvariopsis dicaprio, named after him for his conservation efforts.

2. Leonardo da Vinci, Italian polymath.

Derived terms

• San Leonardo

Translations

Italian artist

• Belarusian: Леана́рда m (Ljeanárda)
• Bulgarian: Леона́рдо m (Leonárdo)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 里安納度 (lei⁵ on¹ naap⁶ dou⁶), 李安納度 / 李安纳度 (lei⁵ on¹ naap⁶ dou⁶)

  Mandarin: 莱昂纳多 (zh) (Lái'ángnàduō)

• Japanese: レオナルド (Reonarudo)
• Korean: 레오나르도 (re'onareudo)
• Russian: Леона́рдо (ru) m (Leonárdo)

Noun

Leonardo (plural Leonardos)

1. (informal) A painting by Leonardo da Vinci.
   • 2001, Diane Johnson, Le Mariage:

     There is something megalomanic about collecting Leonardos. Leonardos are for megalomaniacs. Bill Gates buys Leonardos.

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɛonaːrdoː]
• Hyphenation: Le‧o‧nar‧do
• Rhymes: -doː

Proper noun

Leonardo

1. Leonardo da Vinci, Italian polymath.

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	Leonardo	Leonardók
accusative	Leonardót	Leonardókat
dative	Leonardónak	Leonardóknak
instrumental	Leonardóval	Leonardókkal
causal-final	Leonardóért	Leonardókért
translative	Leonardóvá	Leonardókká
terminative	Leonardóig	Leonardókig
essive-formal	Leonardoként	Leonardókként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	Leonardóban	Leonardókban
superessive	Leonardón	Leonardókon
adessive	Leonardónál	Leonardóknál
illative	Leonardóba	Leonardókba
sublative	Leonardóra	Leonardókra
allative	Leonardóhoz	Leonardókhoz
elative	Leonardóból	Leonardókból
delative	Leonardóról	Leonardókról
ablative	Leonardótól	Leonardóktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	Leonardóé	Leonardóké
non-attributive possessive – plural	Leonardóéi	Leonardókéi

Possessive forms of Leonardo

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	Leonardóm	Leonardóim
2nd person sing.	Leonardód	Leonardóid
3rd person sing.	Leonardója	Leonardói
1st person plural	Leonardónk	Leonardóink
2nd person plural	Leonardótok	Leonardóitok
3rd person plural	Leonardójuk	Leonardóik

Derived terms

• leonardói

Italian

Etymology

From Old French Leonard, name of a 6th century Frankish saint, from Old High German Leonhart (literally “as strong as a lion”), from leo (“lion”) and hart (“hard, strong”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /le.oˈnar.do/
• Rhymes: -ardo
• Hyphenation: Le‧o‧nàr‧do

Proper noun

Leonardo m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Leonard
2. Leonardo da Vinci, Italian polymath

Derived terms

• leonardista
• leonardesco

Anagrams

• oleandro

Lithuanian

Noun

Leonárdo

1. genitive singular of Leonárdas (“Leonard”)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /le.oˈnaʁ.du/ [le.oˈnaɦ.du]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /le.oˈnaʁ.du/ [le.oˈnaɦ.du]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /le.oˈnaɾ.du/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /le.oˈnaʁ.du/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /le.oˈnaɻ.do/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ljuˈnaɾ.du/ [ljuˈnaɾ.ðu]

Proper noun

Leonardo m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Leonard

Derived terms

• Leo (pet form)
• Leonardinho (diminutive)

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /leonǎːrdo/

Proper noun

Leonárdo m (Cyrillic spelling Леона́рдо)

1. a male given name

Further reading

• “Leonardo”, in Portal suvremenih hrvatskih osobnih imena [Portal of contemporary Croatian personal names] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2018–2025

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /leoˈnaɾdo/ [le.oˈnaɾ.ð̞o]
• Rhymes: -aɾdo
• Syllabification: Le‧o‧nar‧do

Proper noun

Leonardo m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Leonard