Leo

See also leo, Léo, and LEO

English

Signs of the Zodiac

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Etymology

From Latin leō (“lion”), from Ancient Greek λέων (leōn)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈliːəʊ/
• (US) IPA: /ˈliːoʊ/

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• Rhymes: -iəʊ

Proper noun

Leo (symbol ♌)

1. A male given name, borne by numerous saints and 13 popes.
2. (astronomy): A constellation of the zodiac, shaped approximately like a lion and containing the bright star Regulus.
3. (astrology): The zodiac sign for the Lion, ruled by the Sun and covering July 23 - August 22 (tropical astrology) or August 16 - September 15 (sidereal astrology).

Quotations

• 1953 L. P. Hartley, The Go-Between, Hamish Hamilton, 1974, page 49-50

  "Yes. You see, I was born under the sign of Leo, though it's not my real name."

  "What is your real name?"

  I saw Marcus looking at me, but I couldn't refuse to tell her.

  "It's Lionel. But don't tell anyone."

  "Why not?"

  "Because it's rather a fancy name."

Antonyms

• (astrological sign): Aquarius

Derived terms

• Leonian
• Leonid
• Leonis

Related terms

• (male given names): Leon, Lionel
• (pet form): Lee
• (female given names): Leona, Leonie

Translations

male given name

• Armenian: Լևոն (hy) (Levon)
• Basque: Leon
• Breton: Leon
• Bulgarian: Лъв
• Catalan: Lleó
• Czech: Lev (cs)
• Danish: Leo (da)
• Dutch: Leo (nl)
• Faroese: Leo (fo)
• Finnish: Leo (fi)
• French: Léon (fr), Léo (fr)
• Galician: León
• Georgian: ლევან (Levan)
• German: Leo (de)
• Greek: Λέων (el) (Léon) m
• Hungarian: Leó (hu)
• Icelandic: Leó (is)
• Irish: León (ga)
• Italian: Leone (it) m, Leo (it) m

• Latin: Leo (la)
• Latvian: Leons
• Lithuanian: Leonas (lt)
• Macedonian: Лав (mk) (Lav) m
• Maltese: Ljun m
• Norwegian: Leo (no)
• Occitan: Leon
• Polish: Leon (pl), Lew (pl) m
• Portuguese: Leão (pt)
• Romanian: Leon (ro)
• Russian: Лев (ru) (Lev) m (cognate), Леон (ru) (León) m (cognate), Лео (ru) (Léo) m (transliteration)
• Serbo-Croatian: Lav (sh)
• Slovak: Lev (sk)
• Slovene: Lèv (sl) m, Léon (sl) m
• Spanish: León (es)
• Swedish: Leo (sv)
• Ukrainian: Лев (uk) (Lev)
• Welsh: Leo (cy)

constellation

• Arabic: برج الأسد (ar) (burj al-'ásad), الأسد (ar) (al-'ásad) m
• Armenian: Առյուծ (hy) (Aṙyuç)
• Azeri: Şir (az)
• Catalan: Lleó (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 狮子座 (cmn) (shīzizuò)

• Danish: Løven (da)
• Dutch: Leo (nl)
• Esperanto: Leono (eo)
• Finnish: Leijona (fi), Jalopeura (fi)
• French: Lion (fr) m
• German: Löwe (de) m
• Greek: Λέων (el) (Léon) m
• Hebrew: אריה (he) (aríh) m
• Hungarian: Oroszlán (hu)
• Ido: Leono
• Indonesian: Leo (id)
• Irish: An Leon (ga) m
• Italian: Leone (it) m
• Japanese: 獅子座 (ja), しし座 (ja) (ししざ, shishiza)

• Latin: Leo (la)
• Latvian: Lauva (lv) m
• Macedonian: Лав (mk) (Lav) m
• Malay: Singa (ms), Asad (ms), Leo (ms)
• Maltese: Leo (mt)
• Manx: Yn Corran (gv) m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Løven (no) m and f

  Nynorsk: Løva (no) f

• Polish: Lew (pl) m
• Portuguese: Leão (pt) m, Leo (pt) m
• Russian: Лев (ru) (Lev) m
• Scottish Gaelic: Leòmhann m
• Slovene: Lèv (sl) m
• Spanish: Leo (es) m, León (es) m
• Swedish: Lejonet (sv)
• Telugu: సింహరాశి (te)
• Thai: กลุ่มดาวสิงโต (th) (glòom daao sĭng dtoh)
• Turkish: Aslan (tr)
• Vietnamese: Sư Tử
• Welsh: y Llew (cy) m

astrological sign

• Albanian: Luani (sq) m
• Arabic: برج الأسد (ar) (burj al-'ásad), الأسد (ar) (al-'ásad) m
• Armenian: Առյուծ (hy) (Aṙyuç)
• Azeri: Şir (az)
• Bashkir: Арыҫлан (Arïθlan)
• Catalan: Lleó
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 狮子座 (cmn) (shīzizuò)

• Danish: Løven (da) c
• Dutch: Leeuw (nl) m
• Esperanto: Leono (eo)
• Finnish: Leijona (fi)
• French: Lion (fr) m
• German: Löwe (de) m
• Greek: Λέων (el) (Léon) m
• Hebrew: אריה (he) (aríh) m
• Hungarian: Oroszlán (hu)
• Irish: an Leon (ga) m
• Italian: Leone (it) m

• Japanese: 獅子宮 (ja) (ししきゅう, shishikyū)
• Latvian: Lauva (lv) f
• Luxembourgish: Léiw (lb) m
• Macedonian: Лав (mk) (Lav) m
• Malay: Singa (ms), Asad (ms), Leo (ms)
• Maltese: Ljun
• Manx: Yn Corran (gv) m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Løven (no) m and f

  Nynorsk: Løva (no) f

• Polish: Lew (pl) m
• Portuguese: Leão (pt) m
• Russian: Лев (ru) (Lev) m
• Scottish Gaelic: Leòmhann m
• Slovene: Lèv (sl) m
• Spanish: Leo (es) m
• Swedish: Lejonet (sv)
• Telugu: సింహరాశి (te)
• Turkish: Aslan (tr)
• Welsh: y Llew (cy) m

Noun

Leo (plural Leos)

1. Someone with a Leo star sign

Synonyms

• Leonian

Translations

Someone with a Leo star sign

• Danish: løve (da) c
• Esperanto: leonulo (eo), leonulino (eo)
• Greek: λέων (el) (léon) m

• Norwegian: løve (no)
• Russian: лев (ru) (lev) m
• Swedish: lejon (sv) n

See also

• (Western astrology signs) Western astrology sign; Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, Pisces ^{(Category: en:Astrology)}
• Leo Minor

Anagrams

• EOL, OEL, ole, olé, OLE

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Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /leːo/, [ˈleːʊ]

Proper noun

Leo

1. A male given name, cognate to Leo.

Related terms

• Leon

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈleo/
• Hyphenation: Le‧o

Proper noun

Leo

1. A male given name, cognate to English Leo.

Declension

Declension of Leo (type valo) singular plural nominative Leo Leot genitive Leon Leojen partitive Leoa Leoja accusative Leo Leon Leot inessive Leossa Leoissa elative Leosta Leoista illative Leoon Leoihin adessive Leolla Leoilla ablative Leolta Leoilta allative Leolle Leoille essive Leona Leoina translative Leoksi Leoiksi instructive – Leoin abessive Leotta Leoitta comitative – Leoineen

Anagrams

• Elo, elo, ole

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German

Proper noun

Leo

1. A male given name, cognate to Leo.

Related terms

• variants: Leon
• female given names: Leonie, Leoni

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Norwegian

Proper noun

Leo

1. A male given name, cognate to Leo. Variant: Leon.

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Spanish

Proper noun

Leo m

1. Leo, the constellation.

Synonyms

• León

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Swedish

Proper noun

Leo

1. A male given name, cognate to Leo.