lleopard

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin leopardus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Central) [ʎə.uˈpart]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ʎə.oˈpart]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ʎe.oˈpaɾt]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [ʎe.oˈpart]

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Noun

lleopard m (plural lleopards)

1. leopard
2. (heraldry) leopard (lion passant guardant)

Further reading

• “lleopard”, 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