leopard
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From 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 edit
Noun edit
leopard (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 edit
Hyponyms 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 edit
Translations edit
a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus
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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 edit
Crimean Tatar edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Russian леопард (leopard), from Latin leopardus (“leopard”).
Noun edit
leopard
Declension edit
Declension of leopard
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | leopard | leopardlar |
| genitive | leopardnıñ | leopardlarnıñ |
| dative | leopardğa | leopardlarğa |
| accusative | leopardnı | leopardlarnı |
| locative | leopardda | leopardlarda |
| ablative | leoparddan | leopardlardan |
References edit
Czech edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
leopard m anim (feminine leopardice)
Declension edit
Declension of leopard (hard masculine animate)
| singular | 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 edit
Further reading edit
Danish edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
leopard c (singular definite leoparden, plural indefinite leoparder)
Declension edit
Declension of leopard
| common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | leopard | leoparden | leoparder | leoparderne |
| genitive | leopards | leopardens | leoparders | leopardernes |
Further reading edit
Kashubian edit
Etymology edit
Ultimately from Latin leopardus.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
leopard m animal (female equivalent leopardzëca)
- Synonym of lampart
References edit
- Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “leopard”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi[2]
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Noun edit
leopard m (definite singular leoparden, indefinite plural leoparder, definite plural leopardene)
- a leopard (big cat, Panthera pardus)
Derived terms edit
See also edit
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Noun edit
leopard m (definite singular leoparden, indefinite plural leopardar, definite plural leopardane)
- a leopard (as above)
Derived terms edit
See also edit
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Internationalism; compare English leopard, French léopard, German Leopard, ultimately from Late Latin leopardus, from Ancient Greek λεόπαρδος (leópardos). Doublet of lampart.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
leopard m animal
- leopard (Panthera pardus)
- Synonyms: lampart, lampart plamisty, pantera, rysiec
- (military) Leopard tank
Declension edit
Declension of leopard
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | leopard | leopardy |
| genitive | leoparda | leopardów |
| dative | leopardowi | leopardom |
| accusative | leoparda | leopardy |
| instrumental | leopardem | leopardami |
| locative | leopardzie | leopardach |
| vocative | leopardzie | leopardy |
Further reading edit
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French léopard, from Latin leopardus.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
leopard m (plural leoparzi)
Declension edit
Declension of leopard
| singular | 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 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
lȅopārd m (Cyrillic spelling ле̏опа̄рд)
Declension edit
Declension of leopard
| singular | 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 edit
Noun edit
leopard c
Declension edit
| Declension 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)