"leu" meaning in Romanian

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "leoaică"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "leoaie"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ro",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "leō",
        "4": "",
        "5": "lion",
        "notext": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin leō (“lion”)",
      "name": "lbor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ro",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "λέων"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek λέων (léōn)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ro",
        "2": "",
        "3": "*ieu"
      },
      "expansion": "*ieu",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ro",
        "2": "iepure"
      },
      "expansion": "iepure",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ro",
        "2": "leporem"
      },
      "expansion": "leporem",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "leōnem"
      },
      "expansion": "leōnem",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "leōnis"
      },
      "expansion": "leōnis",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ro",
        "2": "lăun"
      },
      "expansion": "lăun",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ro",
        "2": "Lăunele",
        "3": "Lăune(le)",
        "4": "a river in Romania"
      },
      "expansion": "Lăune(le) (“a river in Romania”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ro",
        "2": "leoaie"
      },
      "expansion": "leoaie",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "leeuwendaalder",
        "3": "",
        "4": "lion thaler/dollar"
      },
      "expansion": "leeuwendaalder (“lion thaler/dollar”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "daalder"
      },
      "expansion": "daalder",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Löwenthaler"
      },
      "expansion": "Löwenthaler",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tr",
        "2": "arslan",
        "3": "",
        "4": "lion"
      },
      "expansion": "arslan (“lion”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ro",
        "2": "piastru"
      },
      "expansion": "piastru",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "piastre"
      },
      "expansion": "piastre",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bg",
        "2": "лев"
      },
      "expansion": "лев (lev)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Probably a later learned borrowing from Latin leō (“lion”) (around the 17th century), itself from Ancient Greek λέων (léōn). If inherited from the nominative form, the expected result in Romanian would have been *ieu (as iepure from leporem); furthermore, all the other Romance cognates were derived from the accusative form leōnem or genitive leōnis (and some were borrowings themselves). Cf. also lăun and Lăune(le) (“a river in Romania”), as well as leoaie.\nFor the name of the currency, it was probably based on the Dutch leeuwendaalder (“lion thaler/dollar”), which depicted a lion; cf. daalder, also German Löwenthaler. This traces back to the 17th century, when the Dutch currency was used in the Romanian principalities. Another explanation gives the origin of this sense as a calque of Turkish arslan (“lion”), which was also used to refer to a type of currency with a lion on it; see also piastru (English piastre). Compare also the sense of currency with Bulgarian лев (lev).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lei",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ro-noun-m",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "un leu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leul",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lei",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "niște lei",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leii",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "unui leu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leului",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lei",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "unor lei",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leilor",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leule",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leilor",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "lei"
      },
      "expansion": "leu m (plural lei)",
      "name": "ro-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m",
        "gpd": "leilor",
        "gpi": "lei",
        "gsd": "leului",
        "gsi": "leu",
        "n": "",
        "npd": "leii",
        "npi": "lei",
        "nsd": "leul",
        "nsi": "leu",
        "vp": "leilor",
        "vs": "leule",
        "vs2": ""
      },
      "name": "ro-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Romanian",
  "lang_code": "ro",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "66 34",
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "ro",
          "name": "Felids",
          "orig": "ro:Felids",
          "parents": [
            "Carnivores",
            "Mammals",
            "Vertebrates",
            "Chordates",
            "Animals",
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "ref": "2001, Bartolomeu Anania, transl., Biblia Ortodoxă, 1 Peter 5:8",
          "text": "Fiți treji, privegheați. Potrivnicul vostru, diavolul, umblă, răcnind ca un leu, căutând pe cine să înghită",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "lion"
      ],
      "id": "en-leu-ro-noun-~FlIdxK7",
      "links": [
        [
          "lion",
          "lion"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "1 99",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Romanian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 98",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "ro",
          "name": "Currency",
          "orig": "ro:Currency",
          "parents": [
            "Money",
            "Business",
            "Economics",
            "Society",
            "Social sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Sciences",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The national currency is leu and its subdivision is ban.",
          "ref": "2003, Constituția României, article 137",
          "text": "Moneda națională este leul, iar subdiviziunea acestuia, banul.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "leu (the Romanian unit of currency)"
      ],
      "id": "en-leu-ro-noun-M09NYW8m",
      "links": [
        [
          "leu",
          "leu#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/lew/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Ro-leu.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/aa/Ro-leu.ogg/Ro-leu.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Ro-leu.ogg",
      "text": "Audio"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "post-1930s Cyrillic spelling",
      "roman": "leu",
      "word": "леу"
    }
  ],
  "word": "leu"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Romanian countable nouns",
    "Romanian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Romanian learned borrowings from Latin",
    "Romanian lemmas",
    "Romanian masculine nouns",
    "Romanian nouns",
    "Romanian terms borrowed from Latin",
    "Romanian terms derived from Ancient Greek",
    "Romanian terms derived from Latin",
    "Romanian terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Romanian terms with audio links",
    "ro:Currency",
    "ro:Felids"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "leoaică"
    },
    {
      "word": "leoaie"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ro",
        "2": "la",
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        "4": "",
        "5": "lion",
        "notext": "1"
      },
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      "name": "lbor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ro",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "λέων"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek λέων (léōn)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ro",
        "2": "",
        "3": "*ieu"
      },
      "expansion": "*ieu",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ro",
        "2": "iepure"
      },
      "expansion": "iepure",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ro",
        "2": "leporem"
      },
      "expansion": "leporem",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "leōnem"
      },
      "expansion": "leōnem",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "leōnis"
      },
      "expansion": "leōnis",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ro",
        "2": "lăun"
      },
      "expansion": "lăun",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ro",
        "2": "Lăunele",
        "3": "Lăune(le)",
        "4": "a river in Romania"
      },
      "expansion": "Lăune(le) (“a river in Romania”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ro",
        "2": "leoaie"
      },
      "expansion": "leoaie",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "leeuwendaalder",
        "3": "",
        "4": "lion thaler/dollar"
      },
      "expansion": "leeuwendaalder (“lion thaler/dollar”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "daalder"
      },
      "expansion": "daalder",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Löwenthaler"
      },
      "expansion": "Löwenthaler",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tr",
        "2": "arslan",
        "3": "",
        "4": "lion"
      },
      "expansion": "arslan (“lion”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ro",
        "2": "piastru"
      },
      "expansion": "piastru",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "piastre"
      },
      "expansion": "piastre",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bg",
        "2": "лев"
      },
      "expansion": "лев (lev)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Probably a later learned borrowing from Latin leō (“lion”) (around the 17th century), itself from Ancient Greek λέων (léōn). If inherited from the nominative form, the expected result in Romanian would have been *ieu (as iepure from leporem); furthermore, all the other Romance cognates were derived from the accusative form leōnem or genitive leōnis (and some were borrowings themselves). Cf. also lăun and Lăune(le) (“a river in Romania”), as well as leoaie.\nFor the name of the currency, it was probably based on the Dutch leeuwendaalder (“lion thaler/dollar”), which depicted a lion; cf. daalder, also German Löwenthaler. This traces back to the 17th century, when the Dutch currency was used in the Romanian principalities. Another explanation gives the origin of this sense as a calque of Turkish arslan (“lion”), which was also used to refer to a type of currency with a lion on it; see also piastru (English piastre). Compare also the sense of currency with Bulgarian лев (lev).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lei",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ro-noun-m",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "un leu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leul",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lei",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "niște lei",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leii",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "unui leu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leului",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lei",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "unor lei",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leilor",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leule",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leilor",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "lei"
      },
      "expansion": "leu m (plural lei)",
      "name": "ro-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m",
        "gpd": "leilor",
        "gpi": "lei",
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        "gsi": "leu",
        "n": "",
        "npd": "leii",
        "npi": "lei",
        "nsd": "leul",
        "nsi": "leu",
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        "vs2": ""
      },
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "ro",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "Requests for translations of Romanian quotations",
        "Romanian terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "ref": "2001, Bartolomeu Anania, transl., Biblia Ortodoxă, 1 Peter 5:8",
          "text": "Fiți treji, privegheați. Potrivnicul vostru, diavolul, umblă, răcnind ca un leu, căutând pe cine să înghită",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "lion"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "lion",
          "lion"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Romanian terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The national currency is leu and its subdivision is ban.",
          "ref": "2003, Constituția României, article 137",
          "text": "Moneda națională este leul, iar subdiviziunea acestuia, banul.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "leu (the Romanian unit of currency)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "leu",
          "leu#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/lew/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Ro-leu.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/aa/Ro-leu.ogg/Ro-leu.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Ro-leu.ogg",
      "text": "Audio"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "english": "post-1930s Cyrillic spelling",
      "roman": "leu",
      "word": "леу"
    }
  ],
  "word": "leu"
}