lebre

See also: lèbre

Galician

Etymology

Attested since the 13th century. From Old Galician and Old Portuguese, from Latin leporem, accusative singular of lepus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛβɾe̝/

Noun

lebre f (plural lebres)

1. hare

Derived terms

• Laboreiro
• Leboreiro
• Leboreira
• lebreiro
• lebrel

See also

• coello

References

• “lebre” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “lebre” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “lebre” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “lebre” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “lebre” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese lebre, from Latin leporem, of uncertain ultimate origin.

Cognate with Galician lebre, Spanish liebre, Catalan llebre, Occitan lèbre, French lièvre, Italian lepre and Romanian iepure.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlɛ.bɾi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlɛ.bɾi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlɛ.bɾe/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈlɛ.bɾ(ɨ)/ [ˈlɛ.βɾ(ɨ)]

• Hyphenation: le‧bre

Noun

lebre f (plural lebres)

1. hare, rabbit

See also

• coelho