Leonine

/ˈliːənaɪn/

Synonyms for "leonine" (8 found)

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Adjective(1 words)

Related words (4)

Adjective(4 words)
leonin verselionlikemajesticrhymed verse

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

4 entries
attributedescriptive termpoetic formverse technique

More specific

1 entries
leonine rhyme

Collocations

6 entries
leonine dignityleonine featuresleonine gazeleonine postureleonine presenceleonine voice

Inflections

2 entries
more leoninemost leonine

Derivations

2 entries

Translations

22 translations across 18 languages.

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Bulgarian

1 entries
  • лъвски adj (of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a lion)

Catalan

1 entries
  • lleoní adj (of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a lion)

Czech

1 entries
  • lví adj (of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a lion)

Danish

1 entries
  • løve- adj (of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a lion)

Dutch

1 entries
  • leeuwen- adj (of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a lion)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • leona adj (of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a lion)

Finnish

1 entries
  • leijonamainen adj (of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a lion)

French

1 entries
  • léonin adj (of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a lion)

German

2 entries
  • Löwen- adj (of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a lion)
  • löwenartig adj (of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a lion)

Italian

1 entries
  • leonino adj (of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a lion)

Latin

1 entries
  • leoninus adj (of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a lion)

Malay

2 entries
  • kesingaan adj (of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a lion)
  • singa adj (of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a lion)

Manx

1 entries
  • lionagh adj (of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a lion)

Polish

1 entries
  • lwi adj (of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a lion)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • leonino adj (of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a lion)
  • leónico adj (of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a lion)

Russian

1 entries
  • льви́ный adj (of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a lion)

Spanish

1 entries
  • leonino adj (of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a lion)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • ле́вовий adj (of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a lion)
  • леви́ний adj (of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a lion)

Sample sentences

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He was of a leonine-coloured haire, sanguinocholerique, middle sized, strong.

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Ti′ger. […] A fierce beaſt of the leonine kind.

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Redoubted King, of courage leonine, / I mark thee, Richard!

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Great sensibility lay in him [Edward Sterling], too; a real sympathy, and affectionate pity and softness, which he had an over-tendency to express even by tears,—a singular sight in so leonine a man.

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