"leu" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈleɪ.uː/ Forms: lei [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Romanian leu (“lion”), from Latin leō (“lion”). Doublet of Leo, lev, lion, and Lyon. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ro|leu||lion}} Romanian leu (“lion”), {{der|en|la|leō||lion}} Latin leō (“lion”), {{doublet|en|Leo|lev|lion|Lyon}} Doublet of Leo, lev, lion, and Lyon Head templates: {{en-noun|lei}} leu (plural lei)
  1. The unit of currency of Romania, equal to one hundred bani. Categories (topical): Currencies Categories (place): Romania Translations (unit of currency of Romania): ле́я (léja) [feminine] (Bulgarian), leu [masculine] (Catalan), 列伊 (lièyī) (Chinese Mandarin), leu (Finnish), λέι (léi) [indeclinable, neuter] (Greek), lej (Hungarian), レウ (reu) (Japanese), 레우 (re'u) (Korean), леа (lea) [feminine] (Macedonian), lej [masculine] (Polish), leu [masculine] (Portuguese), leu (Romanian), лей (lej) [masculine] (Russian), леј [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), lej [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), leu [masculine] (Slovak), lei [masculine] (Slovak), лей (lej) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-leu-en-noun-atTFyPRJ Disambiguation of Currencies: 50 50 Disambiguation of Romania: 73 27 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of 'unit of currency of Romania': 71 29
  2. The unit of currency of Moldova, equal to one hundred bani. Categories (topical): Currencies Categories (place): Moldova Translations (unit of currency of Moldova): leu [masculine] (Catalan), leu (Finnish), λέι (léi) [indeclinable, neuter] (Greek), lej (Hungarian), leu [masculine] (Portuguese), leu (Romanian), лей (lej) [masculine] (Russian), leu [masculine] (Slovak), lei [masculine] (Slovak)
    Sense id: en-leu-en-noun-peztg-c- Disambiguation of Currencies: 50 50 Disambiguation of Moldova: 28 72 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of 'unit of currency of Moldova': 30 70

Inflected forms

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