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

Anagrams

• repel