Leu
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "leu"
Translingual
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Noun
[edit]Leu
- (biochemistry) IUPAC 3-letter abbreviation of leucine
Faroese
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[edit]Leu
German
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Middle High German lëwe, from Old High German leo, from Latin leo.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Leu m (weak or mixed, genitive Leuen or Leues or Leus, plural Leuen)
- (archaic, poetic) alternative form of Löwe (“lion”)
- 1924, Thomas Mann, Der Zauberberg [The Magic Mountain], volume 2, Berlin: S. Fischer, page 421:
- Ein Steinadler. Er kreist gerade über uns im Blauen, schwebt ohne Flügelschlag in großartiger Höhe zu unseren – und späht gewiß aus seinen mächtigen, weitsichtigen Augen unter den vortretenden Brauenknochen – Der Adler, meine Herrschaften, Jupiters Vogel, der König seines Geschlechtes, der Leu der Lüfte!
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Leu [masculine, weak // mixed]
Etymology 2
[edit]From Romanian leu, from the same Latin word as above.
Pronunciation
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[edit]Leu m (strong, genitive Leu or Leus, plural Leu or Lei)
- leu (Romanian currency)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Leu [masculine, strong]
Slovak
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[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Leu
- accusative of Lea
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- Translingual terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *lewk-
- Translingual terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *lewkós
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