"leu" meaning in Romanian

See leu in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /lew/ Audio: Ro-leu.ogg
Rhymes: -ew Etymology: 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. For the name of the currency, it was probably based on the Dutch leeuwendaalder (“lion thaler/dollar”), which depicted a lion; compare 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). Etymology templates: {{lbor|ro|la|leō||lion|notext=1}} Latin leō (“lion”), {{der|ro|grc|λέων}} Ancient Greek λέων (léōn), {{calque|ro|tr|arslan||lion|nocap=1}} calque of Turkish arslan (“lion”) Head templates: {{ro-noun|m|lei}} leu m (plural lei) Inflection templates: {{ro-decl-noun|g=m|gpd=leilor|gpi=lei|gsd=leului|gsi=leu|n=|npd=leii|npi=lei|nsd=leul|nsi=leu|vp=leilor|vs=leule|vs2=}} Forms: lei [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], leu [accusative, indefinite, nominative, singular], un leu [accusative, indefinite, nominative, singular], leul [accusative, definite, nominative, singular], lei [accusative, indefinite, nominative, plural], niște lei [accusative, indefinite, nominative, plural], leii [accusative, definite, nominative, plural], leu [dative, genitive, indefinite, singular], unui leu [dative, genitive, indefinite, singular], leului [dative, definite, genitive, singular], lei [dative, genitive, indefinite, plural], unor lei [dative, genitive, indefinite, plural], leilor [dative, definite, genitive, plural], leule [singular, vocative], leilor [plural, vocative]
  1. lion Tags: masculine Categories (lifeform): Felids
    Sense id: en-leu-ro-noun-~FlIdxK7 Disambiguation of Felids: 64 36
  2. leu (Romanian and Moldovan unit of currency) Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Currency
    Sense id: en-leu-ro-noun-qaGVXTJG Disambiguation of Currency: 2 98 Categories (other): Romanian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Romanian entries with incorrect language header: 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: леу (leu) (english: post-1930s Cyrillic spelling) Derived forms: leoaică, leoaie

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "leoaică"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "leoaie"
    }
  ],
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        "2": "la",
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        "4": "",
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lei",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
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        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "tags": [
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      ]
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
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        "indefinite",
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        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "leul",
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "niște lei",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leii",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "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": {
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        "gpd": "leilor",
        "gpi": "lei",
        "gsd": "leului",
        "gsi": "leu",
        "n": "",
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        "npi": "lei",
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        "nsi": "leu",
        "vp": "leilor",
        "vs": "leule",
        "vs2": ""
      },
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Romanian",
  "lang_code": "ro",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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      "categories": [
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          "_dis": "64 36",
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "ro",
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          "orig": "ro:Felids",
          "parents": [
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            "Mammals",
            "Vertebrates",
            "Chordates",
            "Animals",
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
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        }
      ],
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      ],
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      "links": [
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          "lion",
          "lion"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Romanian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
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        },
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            "Sciences",
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The national currency is the leu, and its subunit is the ban.",
          "ref": "1991 November 21, Constitution of Romania, title 4, article 136, point 2, in Monitorul Oficial, year 3, number 233, Bucharest, page 21:",
          "text": "Moneda națională este leul, iar subdiviziunea acestuia, banul.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "leu (Romanian and Moldovan unit of currency)"
      ],
      "id": "en-leu-ro-noun-qaGVXTJG",
      "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"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ew"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "post-1930s Cyrillic spelling",
      "roman": "leu",
      "word": "леу"
    }
  ],
  "word": "leu"
}

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    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Romanian/ew",
    "Rhymes:Romanian/ew/1 syllable",
    "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 calqued from Turkish",
    "Romanian terms derived from Ancient Greek",
    "Romanian terms derived from Latin",
    "Romanian terms derived from Turkish",
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    "ro:Felids"
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      "word": "leoaică"
    },
    {
      "word": "leoaie"
    }
  ],
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  "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; compare daalder, also German Löwenthaler. This traces back to the 17th century, when the Dutch currency was used in the Romanian principalities.\nAnother 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",
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
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      "form": "leu",
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    },
    {
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leul",
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        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "niște lei",
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        "nominative",
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "leii",
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        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "unui leu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leului",
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        "dative",
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lei",
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        "dative",
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "unor lei",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leilor",
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        "dative",
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leule",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leilor",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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      },
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    }
  ],
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  "pos": "noun",
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      ],
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        {
          "english": "The national currency is the leu, and its subunit is the ban.",
          "ref": "1991 November 21, Constitution of Romania, title 4, article 136, point 2, in Monitorul Oficial, year 3, number 233, Bucharest, page 21:",
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      "rhymes": "-ew"
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    {
      "english": "post-1930s Cyrillic spelling",
      "roman": "leu",
      "word": "леу"
    }
  ],
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}

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