leopard
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English leopard, leopart, lepard, leperd, from Old French leopard (“leopard”), from Late Latin leopardus (“leopon, lipard”) from late Ancient Greek λεόπαρδος (leópardos, “leopon, lipard”), from λέων (léōn, “lion”) + πάρδος (párdos, “pard, male leopard”),[1] from earlier πάρδαλις (párdalis, “leopard”),[2] probably from an unattested Old Persian [Term?] term ancestral to Middle Persian palang, Khwarezmian plyk, Sogdian [script needed] (pwrδnk), Pashto پړانګ (pṛāng).[3] Compare Persian پلنگ (palang) and Sanskrit पृदाकु (pṛdāku, “panther”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editleopard (plural leopards)
- Panthera pardus, a large wild cat with a spotted coat native to Africa and Asia, especially the male of the species (in contrast to leopardess).
- 1990, Dorothy L. Cheney, How Monkeys See the World: Inside the Mind of Another Species, published 1992, page 284:
- During all such cases when we were present they responded by giving repeated alarm calls, even when the leopard was already feeding on a carcass. We wanted to determine whether vervets knew enough about the behavior of leopards to recognize that, even in the absence of a leopard, a carcass in a tree signaled the same potential danger as did a leopard itself.
- 1998, Oded Borowski, Every Living Thing: Daily Use of Animals in Ancient Israel, page 201:
- The leopard (Panthera pardus or Felis pardus cf tulliana) is a close relative of the lion, but biblical references mentioning it are very few, suggesting that it was not as common.
- 2005, Richard Ellis, Tiger Bone & Rhino Horn: The Destruction of Wildlife for Traditional Chinese Medicine, page 197:
- Leopard skins have always been desirable commodities because of their spectacular spotted patterns.
- (inexact) A similar-looking, large wild cat named after the leopard.
- 2005, Eric Dinerstein, Tigerland and Other Unintended Destinations, page 81:
- There are plenty of beautiful cats among the thirty-nine species in the Felidae family, but the three leopards—clouded, common, and snow—may be the most visually stunning. Cloaked in the most beautiful fur of any cat, the reclusive clouded leopard is the Greta Garbo of the lot; it lives a solitary life in the remote jungles of Asia, from Nepal to Borneo.
- The clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa), a large wild cat native to Asia.
- The snow leopard (Panthera uncia), a large wild cat native to Asia.
- (heraldry) A lion passant guardant.
- 1968, Charles MacKinnon of Dunakin, The Observer's Book of Heraldry, pages 68–69:
- Sometimes there is confusion over the heraldic leopard, the question being—When is a leopard not a leopard? There is a theory that the lion and leopard were the same thing, and that they were named entirely depending on their attitude—thus if the animal was passant guardant it was a leopard, but when rampant it was a lion. Nowadays a leopard is the genuine spotted article and quite unmistakeable. Some people still speak, wrongly, of the leopards of England, but it does no great harm as it is an ancient expression and everybody knows what it means.
- Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Phalanta, having black markings on an orange base.
Synonyms
edit- (Panthera pardus): common leopard, pard, pardal
- (Neofelis nebulosa): See clouded leopard
- (Panthera uncia): See snow leopard
Hypernyms
editHyponyms
edit- (female): leopardess
- (young): cub, leopard cub
Derived terms
edit- a leopard cannot change its spots
- Amur leopard
- Arabian leopard
- Atlantic Coast leopard frog
- Bornean clouded leopard
- cameleopard
- Catahoula leopard dog
- clouded leopard
- common leopard
- giant leopard moth
- hunting leopard
- leopard cat
- leopard complex
- leopard crawl
- leopard cub
- leopardess
- leopard flower
- leopard frog
- leopard gecko
- leopard ground squirrel
- leopard lily
- leopardling
- leopard lizard
- leopard man
- leopard moth
- leopard print
- leopardsbane
- leopard seal
- leopard shark
- leopard's head
- leopard slug
- leopard snake
- leopard-spermophile
- leopard tortoise
- leopon
- lipard
- Louisiana Catahoula leopard dog
- Manchurian leopard
- sea leopard
- snow leopard
- snow-leopard
Related terms
editTranslations
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See also
edit- (hybrid formed by a leopard and a lioness): leopon
- (hybrid formed by a lion and a leopardess): lipard
References
edit- ^ “leopard”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
- ^ “pard, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
- ^ “†pardal, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
Anagrams
editCrimean Tatar
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Russian леопард (leopard), from Latin leopardus (“leopard”).
Noun
editleopard
Declension
editsingular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | leopard | leopardlar |
genitive | leopardnıñ | leopardlarnıñ |
dative | leopardğa | leopardlarğa |
accusative | leopardnı | leopardlarnı |
locative | leopardda | leopardlarda |
ablative | leoparddan | leopardlardan |
References
editCzech
editPronunciation
editNoun
editleopard m anim (female equivalent leopardice)
Declension
editsingular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | leopard | leopardi, leopardové |
genitive | leoparda | leopardů |
dative | leopardovi, leopardu | leopardům |
accusative | leoparda | leopardy |
vocative | leoparde | leopardi, leopardové |
locative | leopardovi, leopardu | leopardech |
instrumental | leopardem | leopardy |
Derived terms
editFurther reading
editDanish
editPronunciation
editNoun
editleopard c (singular definite leoparden, plural indefinite leoparder)
Declension
editcommon gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | leopard | leoparden | leoparder | leoparderne |
genitive | leopards | leopardens | leoparders | leopardernes |
Further reading
editKashubian
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editleopard m animal (female equivalent leopardzëca)
- Synonym of lampart
References
edit- Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “leopard”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi[2]
Norwegian Bokmål
editNoun
editleopard m (definite singular leoparden, indefinite plural leoparder, definite plural leopardene)
- a leopard (big cat, Panthera pardus)
Derived terms
editSee also
editNorwegian Nynorsk
editNoun
editleopard m (definite singular leoparden, indefinite plural leopardar, definite plural leopardane)
- a leopard (as above)
Derived terms
editSee also
editPolish
editEtymology
editInternationalism; compare English leopard, French léopard, German Leopard, ultimately from Late Latin leopardus, from Ancient Greek λεόπαρδος (leópardos). Doublet of lampart.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editleopard m animal
- leopard (Panthera pardus)
- Synonyms: lampart, lampart plamisty, pantera, rysiec
- (military) Leopard tank
Declension
editsingular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | leopard | leopardy |
genitive | leoparda | leopardów |
dative | leopardowi | leopardom |
accusative | leoparda | leopardy |
instrumental | leopardem | leopardami |
locative | leopardzie | leopardach |
vocative | leopardzie | leopardy |
Further reading
editRomanian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French léopard, from Latin leopardus.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editleopard m (plural leoparzi)
Declension
editsingular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) leopard | leopardul | (niște) leoparzi | leoparzii |
genitive/dative | (unui) leopard | leopardului | (unor) leoparzi | leoparzilor |
vocative | leopardule | leoparzilor |
Further reading
edit- leopard in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
Serbo-Croatian
editPronunciation
editNoun
editlȅopārd m (Cyrillic spelling ле̏опа̄рд)
Declension
editsingular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | leopard | leopardi |
genitive | leoparda | leoparda |
dative | leopardu | leopardima |
accusative | leoparda | leoparde |
vocative | leoparde | leopardi |
locative | leopardu | leopardima |
instrumental | leopardom | leopardima |
Further reading
edit- “leopard” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Swedish
editNoun
editleopard c
Declension
editDeclension of leopard | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | leopard | leoparden | leoparder | leoparderna |
Genitive | leopards | leopardens | leoparders | leopardernas |
Descendants
edit- → Finnish: leopardi
References
edit- leopard in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- leopard in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- leopard in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
Anagrams
edit- English terms inherited from Middle English
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms derived from Old French
- English terms derived from Late Latin
- English terms derived from Ancient Greek
- English terms derived from Old Persian
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English terms with quotations
- en:Heraldic charges
- en:Male animals
- en:Nymphalid butterflies
- en:Panthers
- Crimean Tatar terms borrowed from Russian
- Crimean Tatar terms derived from Russian
- Crimean Tatar terms derived from Latin
- Crimean Tatar lemmas
- Crimean Tatar nouns
- Czech terms with IPA pronunciation
- Czech lemmas
- Czech nouns
- Czech masculine nouns
- Czech animate nouns
- Czech masculine animate nouns
- Czech hard masculine animate nouns
- Danish lemmas
- Danish nouns
- Danish common-gender nouns
- da:Felids
- Kashubian terms derived from Latin
- Kashubian terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Kashubian terms borrowed from German
- Kashubian terms derived from German
- Kashubian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Kashubian/ɔpart
- Rhymes:Kashubian/ɔpart/3 syllables
- Kashubian lemmas
- Kashubian nouns
- Kashubian masculine nouns
- Kashubian animal nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns
- nb:Felids
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk masculine nouns
- nn:Felids
- Polish internationalisms
- Polish terms derived from Late Latin
- Polish terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Polish doublets
- Polish 3-syllable words
- Polish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Polish terms with audio links
- Rhymes:Polish/ɔpart
- Rhymes:Polish/ɔpart/3 syllables
- Polish terms with homophones
- Polish lemmas
- Polish nouns
- Polish masculine nouns
- Polish animal nouns
- pl:Military
- pl:Panthers
- pl:Vehicles
- Romanian terms borrowed from French
- Romanian terms derived from French
- Romanian terms derived from Latin
- Romanian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Romanian lemmas
- Romanian nouns
- Romanian countable nouns
- Romanian masculine nouns
- ro:Felids
- Serbo-Croatian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Serbo-Croatian lemmas
- Serbo-Croatian nouns
- Serbo-Croatian masculine nouns
- sh:Felids
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns
- sv:Panthers