leper

English

Etymology

Middle English lepre, leprosy, from Old French, from Latin leprae, lepra, from Ancient Greek λέπρα (lepra).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛpə(r)

Noun

leper (plural lepers)

1. A person who has leprosy.
2. A person who is shunned; a pariah.

Translations

person who has leprosy

• Dutch: melaatse (nl) m and f, leproos (nl) m
• Esperanto: leprulo (eo)
• Finnish: spitaalinen (fi)
• French: léprosé (fr) m, lépreux (fr)
• Greek: λεπρός (el) (leprós) m 
• Hebrew: מצרע (he) (m"tzorah)
• Hungarian: leprás (hu)
• Polish: trędowaty (pl) m

• Portuguese: leproso (pt) m, leprosa (pt) f
• Russian: прокажённый (ru) (prokažónnyj) 
• Serbian: gubavac m, gubavica f
• Spanish: leproso (es) m, leprosa (es) f
• Swedish: spetälsk (sv) c
• Turkish: cüzzamlı (tr)
• Volapük: (♂♀) lepradan (vo), (♂) hilepradan (vo), (♀) jilepradan (vo)

person who is shunned; a pariah

• Finnish: hyljeksitty (fi) henkilö (fi)

• Polish: trędowaty (pl) m

References

• “leper” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).
• leper in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

• repel