leu
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Romanian leu (“lion”), from Latin leō (“lion”). Doublet of Leo, lev, lion, and Lyon.
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Noun edit
leu (plural lei)
- The unit of currency of Romania, equal to one hundred bani.
- The unit of currency of Moldova, equal to one hundred bani.
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leu m (plural leus)
- (Morvan) place
Catalan edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
leu m (plural leus)
Further reading edit
- “leu” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “leu”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “leu” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
Finnish edit
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leu
- leu (unit of currency of Romania and Moldova)
Declension edit
Inflection of leu (Kotus type 21/rosé, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | leu | leut | ||
genitive | leun | leuiden leuitten | ||
partitive | leuta | leuita | ||
illative | leuhun | leuihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | leu | leut | ||
accusative | nom. | leu | leut | |
gen. | leun | |||
genitive | leun | leuiden leuitten | ||
partitive | leuta | leuita | ||
inessive | leussa | leuissa | ||
elative | leusta | leuista | ||
illative | leuhun | leuihin | ||
adessive | leulla | leuilla | ||
ablative | leulta | leuilta | ||
allative | leulle | leuille | ||
essive | leuna | leuina | ||
translative | leuksi | leuiksi | ||
abessive | leutta | leuitta | ||
instructive | — | leuin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Further reading edit
- “leu”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
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Etymology edit
From Romanian leu (“lion”). Doublet of lion.
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Audio (file)
Noun edit
leu m (plural lei)
- leu (currency of Romania)
Further reading edit
- “leu”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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Galician edit
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leu m (plural lei)
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leu
Middle French edit
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leu
- past participle of lire
Old French edit
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leu oblique singular, m (oblique plural leus, nominative singular leus, nominative plural leu)
- wolf (animal)
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- French: loup
- French: à la queue leu leu
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
leu oblique singular, m (oblique plural leus, nominative singular leus, nominative plural leu)
- place
- c. 1180, Chrétien de Troyes, Lancelot ou le Chevalier de la charrette:
- Se vos alez par autre leu
- If you go by another place
- 1260–1267, Brunetto Latini, “Cist premiers livres parole de la naissance de toutes choses [This first book talks about the birth of all things]” (chapter 1), Livre I - Premiere partie, in Livres dou Tresor [Book of Treasures]; republished as Polycarpe Chabaille, compiler, Li livres dou tresor par Brunetto Latini[2], Paris: Imprimerie impériale, 1863, page 1:
- si come li sires qui vuet en petit leu amasser choses de grandisme vaillance […] por acroistre son pooir […] i met il les plus chieres choses et les plus precieux joiaus que il puet, selonc sa bone entencion, tout autressi est li cors de cest livre compilez de sapience
- Just like the lord, who wants to accumulate very valuable things in a tiny place […] in order to increase his power, […] puts there—according to his good intention—the dearest things and the most precious jewels he can, so the body of this book is filled with knowledge
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leu
- third-person plural accusative of la
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 5b20
- trisin intamail sin .i. combad ǽt leu buid domsa i n-iriss et duús in intamlitis
- through that imitation, i.e. so that there may be jealousy with them for me to be in faith and if by chance they might imitate [me]
- c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 97d10
- Is peccad díabul lesom .i. fodord doib di dommatu, ⁊ du·fúairthed ní leu fora sáith din main, ⁊ todlugud inna féulæ ɔ amairis nánda·tibérad Día doïb, ⁊ nach coimnacuir ⁊ issi dano insin ind frescissiu co fochaid.
- It is a double sin in his opinion, i.e. the murmuring by them of want, although there remained some of the manna with them upon their satiety, and demanding the meat with faithlessness that Good would not give it to them, and [even] that he could not; therefore that is the expectation with testing.
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 5b20
Papiamentu edit
Etymology edit
From Spanish lejos and French loin .
Adjective edit
leu
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Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: leu
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Romanian leu (“leu; lion”).
Noun edit
leu m (plural leus)
- leu (currency unit of Romania and Moldova)
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
leu
Romanian edit
Alternative forms edit
- леу (leu) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling
Etymology edit
Probably a later learned borrowing from Latin leō (“lion”) (around the 17th century), itself from Ancient Greek λέων (léōn). If inherited from the nominative form, the expected result in Romanian would have been *ieu (as iepure from leporem);[1] furthermore, all the other Romance cognates were derived from the accusative form leōnem or genitive leōnis (and some were borrowings themselves). Cf. also lăun and Lăune(le) (“a river in Romania”), as well as leoaie.
For the name of the currency, it was probably based on the Dutch leeuwendaalder (“lion thaler/dollar”), which depicted a lion; cf. daalder, also German Löwenthaler. This traces back to the 17th century, when the Dutch currency was used in the Romanian principalities. Another explanation gives the origin of this sense as a calque of Turkish arslan (“lion”), which was also used to refer to a type of currency with a lion on it;[2] see also piastru (English piastre). Compare also the sense of currency with Bulgarian лев (lev).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
leu m (plural lei)
- lion
- 2001, Bartolomeu Anania, transl., Biblia Ortodoxă, 1 Peter 5:8:
- Fiți treji, privegheați. Potrivnicul vostru, diavolul, umblă, răcnind ca un leu, căutând pe cine să înghită
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- leu (the Romanian unit of currency)
- 2003, Constituția României, article 137:
- Moneda națională este leul, iar subdiviziunea acestuia, banul.
- The national currency is leu and its subdivision is ban.
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Slovak edit
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Derived from Romanian leu (“lion”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
leu m inan (nominative plural lei)
- leu (currency of Romania)
Usage notes edit
- This noun can also be undeclined.
Further reading edit
- “leu”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
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leu m (plural lei)
Walloon edit
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From Old French leu, from Latin lupus.
Pronunciation edit
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leu m (plural leus)
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