lleoní
Catalan
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
lleoní (feminine lleonina, masculine plural lleonins, feminine plural lleonines)
- leonine (of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a lion)
- unfair, exploitative (of a contract or condition)
- leonine (resembling the face of a lion as a result of some disease)
- (poetry) leonine (being or relating to a kind of medieval Latin verse)
Related terms
Further reading
- “lleoní”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “lleoní”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
- “lleoní” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “lleoní” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.