"levriero" meaning in Italian

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Noun

IPA: /leˈvrjɛ.ro/ Forms: levrieri [plural], levriere [alternative]
Rhymes: -ɛro Etymology: Adapted borrowing of French lévrier, from Old French levrer, from Late Latin canem leporārium (literally “hare dog, harehound”), from Latin lepus (“hare”). By surface analysis, lepre + -iero. Etymology templates: {{abor|it|fr|lévrier}} Adapted borrowing of French lévrier, {{der|it|fro|levrer}} Old French levrer, {{der|it|la-lat|canem leporārium|lit=hare dog, harehound}} Late Latin canem leporārium (literally “hare dog, harehound”), {{der|it|la|lepus||hare}} Latin lepus (“hare”), {{surface analysis|it|lepre|-iero}} By surface analysis, lepre + -iero Head templates: {{it-noun|m}} levriero m (plural levrieri)
  1. greyhound (and similar dogs) Tags: masculine Derived forms: levriero afgano (english: Afghan Hound), levriero irlandese (english: Irish wolfhound), piccolo levriero italiano (english: Italian greyhound)

Alternative forms

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      "lévrier",
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    ],
    [
      "levrer",
      "levrer#Old_French"
    ],
    [
      "canem",
      "canis#Latin"
    ],
    [
      "leporārium",
      "leporarius#Latin"
    ],
    [
      "harehound",
      "harehound"
    ],
    [
      "lepus",
      "lepus#Latin"
    ],
    [
      "lepre",
      "lepre#Italian"
    ],
    [
      "-iero",
      "-iero#Italian"
    ]
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    },
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        "4": "",
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      },
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      "name": "surface analysis"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "Adapted borrowing of French lévrier, from Old French levrer, from Late Latin canem leporārium (literally “hare dog, harehound”), from Latin lepus (“hare”). By surface analysis, lepre + -iero.",
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
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    "le‧vriè‧ro"
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    {
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        "le‧vriè‧ro"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "pos": "noun",
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          "parents": [],
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        },
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          "source": "w"
        },
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          "parents": [],
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          "translation": "Afghan Hound",
          "word": "levriero afgano"
        },
        {
          "english": "Irish wolfhound",
          "translation": "Irish wolfhound",
          "word": "levriero irlandese"
        },
        {
          "english": "Italian greyhound",
          "translation": "Italian greyhound",
          "word": "piccolo levriero italiano"
        }
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      ],
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      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/leˈvrjɛ.ro/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛro"
    }
  ],
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}
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      "translation": "Afghan Hound",
      "word": "levriero afgano"
    },
    {
      "english": "Irish wolfhound",
      "translation": "Irish wolfhound",
      "word": "levriero irlandese"
    },
    {
      "english": "Italian greyhound",
      "translation": "Italian greyhound",
      "word": "piccolo levriero italiano"
    }
  ],
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    [
      "lévrier",
      "lévrier#French"
    ],
    [
      "levrer",
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    ],
    [
      "canem",
      "canis#Latin"
    ],
    [
      "leporārium",
      "leporarius#Latin"
    ],
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      "harehound",
      "harehound"
    ],
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      "lepus",
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    ],
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      "lepre",
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    ],
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      "-iero",
      "-iero#Italian"
    ]
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    },
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        "2": "la",
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        "4": "",
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    },
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      },
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    }
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    {
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "levriere",
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      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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  ],
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    "le‧vriè‧ro"
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        "le‧vriè‧ro"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "pos": "noun",
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        "Italian 3-syllable words",
        "Italian adapted borrowings from French",
        "Italian countable nouns",
        "Italian entries with incorrect language header",
        "Italian lemmas",
        "Italian masculine nouns",
        "Italian nouns",
        "Italian terms borrowed from French",
        "Italian terms derived from French",
        "Italian terms derived from Late Latin",
        "Italian terms derived from Latin",
        "Italian terms derived from Old French",
        "Italian terms suffixed with -iero",
        "Italian terms with IPA pronunciation",
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        "Pages with entries",
        "Rhymes:Italian/ɛro",
        "Rhymes:Italian/ɛro/3 syllables",
        "it:Hunting dogs"
      ],
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        "greyhound (and similar dogs)"
      ],
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          "greyhound",
          "greyhound"
        ]
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      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/leˈvrjɛ.ro/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛro"
    }
  ],
  "word": "levriero"
}

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