lepre

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Archived revision by WingerBot (talk | contribs) as of 16:14, 28 September 2019.
Jump to navigation Jump to search
See also: lèpre and łepre

Italian

Etymology

From Latin leporem, accusative singular of lepus.

Pronunciation

Noun

lepre f (plural lepri)

  1. hare (mammal, meat)
    La lepre venne distanziata dalla testuggine.
    The hare was outdistanced by the tortoise.
  2. pacemaker

Derived terms

See also

Anagrams

Old French

Noun

lepre oblique singular, f (oblique plural lepres, nominative singular lepre, nominative plural lepres)

  1. leprosy (disease)
    • 1377, Bernard de Gordon, Fleur de lis de medecine (a.k.a. lilium medicine), page 171 of this essay:
      La lepre c’est maladie consimile corrumpant la forme et la figure et la composicion des membres et blessé et vient de matiere melancolique esparse par tout le corps.
Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=lepre&oldid=54348760"