leopard

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See also: Leopard, léopard, and leopárd

English[edit]

Leopard on a falling tree
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Etymology[edit]

From Middle English leopard, leopart, lepard, leperd, from Old French leopard (“leopard”), from Late Latin leopardus (“leopon, lipard”) from late Ancient Greek λεόπαρδος (leópardos, “leopon, lipard”), from λέων (léōn, “lion”) + πάρδος (párdos, “pard, male leopard”),[1] from earlier πάρδαλις (párdalis, “leopard”),[2] probably from an unattested Old Persian [Term?] term ancestral to Middle Persian palang, Khwarezmian plyk, Sogdian [script needed] (pwrδnk), Pashto پړانګ (pṛāng).[3] Compare Persian پلنگ (palang) and Sanskrit पृदाकु (pṛdāku, “panther”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈlɛpəd/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈlɛpɚd/
  • Audio (US)(file)

Noun[edit]

leopard (plural leopards)

  1. Panthera pardus, a large wild cat with a spotted coat native to Africa and Asia, especially the male of the species (in contrast to leopardess).
    • 1990, Dorothy L. Cheney, How Monkeys See the World: Inside the Mind of Another Species, published 1992, page 284:
      During all such cases when we were present they responded by giving repeated alarm calls, even when the leopard was already feeding on a carcass. We wanted to determine whether vervets knew enough about the behavior of leopards to recognize that, even in the absence of a leopard, a carcass in a tree signaled the same potential danger as did a leopard itself.
    • 1998, Oded Borowski, Every Living Thing: Daily Use of Animals in Ancient Israel, page 201:
      The leopard (Panthera pardus or Felis pardus cf tulliana) is a close relative of the lion, but biblical references mentioning it are very few, suggesting that it was not as common.
    • 2005, Richard Ellis, Tiger Bone & Rhino Horn: The Destruction of Wildlife for Traditional Chinese Medicine, page 197:
      Leopard skins have always been desirable commodities because of their spectacular spotted patterns.
  2. (inexact) A similar-looking, large wild cat named after the leopard.
    • 2005, Eric Dinerstein, Tigerland and Other Unintended Destinations, page 81:
      There are plenty of beautiful cats among the thirty-nine species in the Felidae family, but the three leopards—clouded, common, and snow—may be the most visually stunning. Cloaked in the most beautiful fur of any cat, the reclusive clouded leopard is the Greta Garbo of the lot; it lives a solitary life in the remote jungles of Asia, from Nepal to Borneo.
    1. The clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa), a large wild cat native to Asia.
    2. The snow leopard (Panthera uncia), a large wild cat native to Asia.
  3. (heraldry) A lion passant guardant.
    • 1968, Charles MacKinnon of Dunakin, The Observer's Book of Heraldry, pages 68–69:
      Sometimes there is confusion over the heraldic leopard, the question being—When is a leopard not a leopard? There is a theory that the lion and leopard were the same thing, and that they were named entirely depending on their attitude—thus if the animal was passant guardant it was a leopard, but when rampant it was a lion. Nowadays a leopard is the genuine spotted article and quite unmistakeable. Some people still speak, wrongly, of the leopards of England, but it does no great harm as it is an ancient expression and everybody knows what it means.
  4. Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Phalanta, having black markings on an orange base.

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Translations[edit]

See also[edit]

  • (hybrid formed by a leopard and a lioness): leopon
  • (hybrid formed by a lion and a leopardess): lipard

References[edit]

  1. ^ “leopard”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
  2. ^ “pard, n.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
  3. ^ “†pardal, n.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Anagrams[edit]

Crimean Tatar[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Russian леопард (leopard), from Latin leopardus (“leopard”).

Noun[edit]

leopard

  1. leopard

Declension[edit]

Declension of leopard
singular plural
nominative leopard leopardlar
genitive leopardnıñ leopardlarnıñ
dative leopardğa leopardlarğa
accusative leopardnı leopardlarnı
locative leopardda leopardlarda
ablative leoparddan leopardlardan

References[edit]

  • Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎[1], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN
  • “leopard”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

Czech[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

leopard m anim (feminine leopardice)

  1. leopard
    Synonym: levhart

Declension[edit]

Declension of leopard (hard masculine animate)
singular plural
nominative leopard leopardi, leopardové
genitive leoparda leopardů
dative leopardovi, leopardu leopardům
accusative leoparda leopardy
vocative leoparde leopardi, leopardové
locative leopardovi, leopardu leopardech
instrumental leopardem leopardy

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Further reading[edit]

  • leopard in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • leopard in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Danish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

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Noun[edit]

leopard c (singular definite leoparden, plural indefinite leoparder)

  1. leopard

Declension[edit]

Declension of leopard
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative leopard leoparden leoparder leoparderne
genitive leopards leopardens leoparders leopardernes

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Kashubian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Ultimately from Latin leopardus.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /lɛˈɔ.part/
  • Hyphenation: le‧o‧pard

Noun[edit]

leopard m animal (female equivalent leopardzëca)

  1. Synonym of lampart

References[edit]

  • Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “leopard”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎[2]

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

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Noun[edit]

leopard m (definite singular leoparden, indefinite plural leoparder, definite plural leopardene)

  1. a leopard (big cat, Panthera pardus)

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Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

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Noun[edit]

leopard m (definite singular leoparden, indefinite plural leopardar, definite plural leopardane)

  1. a leopard (as above)

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Polish[edit]

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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leopard

Etymology[edit]

Internationalism; compare English leopard, French léopard, German Leopard, ultimately from Late Latin leopardus, from Ancient Greek λεόπαρδος (leópardos). Doublet of lampart.

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Noun[edit]

leopard m animal

  1. leopard (Panthera pardus)
    Synonyms: lampart, lampart plamisty, pantera, rysiec
  2. (military) Leopard tank

Declension[edit]

Declension of leopard
singular plural
nominative leopard leopardy
genitive leoparda leopardów
dative leopardowi leopardom
accusative leoparda leopardy
instrumental leopardem leopardami
locative leopardzie leopardach
vocative leopardzie leopardy

Further reading[edit]

  • leopard in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • leopard in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French léopard, from Latin leopardus.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˌle.oˈpard/
  • Hyphenation: le‧o‧pard

Noun[edit]

leopard m (plural leoparzi)

  1. leopard

Declension[edit]

Declension of leopard
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) leopard leopardul (niște) leoparzi leoparzii
genitive/dative (unui) leopard leopardului (unor) leoparzi leoparzilor
vocative leopardule leoparzilor

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Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /lêopaːrd/
  • Hyphenation: le‧o‧pard

Noun[edit]

lȅopārd m (Cyrillic spelling ле̏опа̄рд)

  1. leopard

Declension[edit]

Declension of leopard
singular plural
nominative leopard leopardi
genitive leoparda leoparda
dative leopardu leopardima
accusative leoparda leoparde
vocative leoparde leopardi
locative leopardu leopardima
instrumental leopardom leopardima

Further reading[edit]

  • “leopard” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Swedish[edit]

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Noun[edit]

leopard c

  1. leopard

Declension[edit]

Declension of leopard 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative leopard leoparden leoparder leoparderna
Genitive leopards leopardens leoparders leopardernas

Descendants[edit]

  • → Finnish: leopardi

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