leu

See also Leu, and LEU

English

Noun

leu (plural lei)

1. The unit of currency of Romania, equal to one hundred bani.
2. The unit of currency of Moldova, equal to one hundred bani.

Translations

unit of currency of Romania

• Bulgarian: лея (bg) (léja) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 列伊 (cmn) (lièyī)

• Finnish: leu (fi)
• Hungarian: lej (hu)
• Japanese: レウ (ja) (reu)
• Korean: 레우 (ko) (reu)
• Macedonian: леа (mk) (léa) f

• Polish: lej (pl) m
• Romanian: leu (ro)
• Russian: лей (ru) (lej) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: леј (sh) m

  Roman: lej (sh) m

• Slovak: lei (sk) m
• Ukrainian: лей (uk) (lej) m

unit of currency of Moldova

• Finnish: leu (fi)
• Hungarian: lej (hu)

• Romanian: leu (ro)
• Russian: лей (ru) (lej) m

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Finnish

Noun

leu

1. A leu (unit of currency of Romania and Moldova).

Declension

Declension of leu (type valo) singular plural nominative leu leut genitive leun leujen partitive leua leuja accusative leu leun leut inessive leussa leuissa elative leusta leuista illative leuun leuihin adessive leulla leuilla ablative leulta leuilta allative leulle leuille essive leuna leuina translative leuksi leuiksi instructive – leuin abessive leutta leuitta comitative – leuineen

Synonyms

• lei

Anagrams

• lue

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French

Etymology

From Romanian leu (“lion”)

Noun

leu m (plural lei)

1. leu (currency of Romania)

Anagrams

• élu, lue

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Galician

Verb

leu

1. third-person singular preterite indicative of ler

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Middle French

Verb

leu

1. Past participle of lire

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Old French

Etymology 1

Latin lupus

Alternative forms

• lou

Noun

leu m (oblique plural leus, nominative singular leus, nominative plural leu)

1. wolf (animal)

Descendants

• French: à la queue leu leu

Etymology 2

Latin locus

Noun

leu m (oblique plural leus, nominative singular leus, nominative plural leu)

1. place

Synonyms

• endroit

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Portuguese

Verb

leu (infinitive: ler)

1. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você^?) preterite indicative of ler

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Romanian

Etymology

From Latin leō.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /lew/

• Audio

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Noun

leu m (plural lei)

1. lion
2. leu (the Romanian unit of currency)

Declension

declension of leu

	singular		plural
gender m	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	un leu	leul	niște lei	leii
genitive/dative	unui leu	leului	unor lei	leilor

Derived terms

• leoaică
• leoaie