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leopard¹
- /ˈlɛp.əd/ UK
- /ˈlɛp.ɚd/ US
Sounds like lepered
Where it comes from
From Middle English leopard, leopart, lepard, leperd, from Old French leopard (“leopard”), from Late Latin leopardus (“leopon, lipard”) from late Ancient Greek λεόπαρδος (leópardos, “leopon, lipard”), from λέων (léōn, “lion”) + πάρδος (párdos, “pard, male leopard”), from earlier πάρδαλις (párdalis, “leopard”), probably from an unattested Old Persian [Term?] term ancestral to Middle Persian [script needed] (palang), Khwarezmian [script needed] (plyk), Sogdian [script needed] (pwrδnk), Pashto پړانګ (pṛāng). Compare Persian پلنگ (palang) and Sanskrit पृदाकु (pṛdāku, “panther”). First attested in the late 13th c. (early 13th c. as a surname).
noun leopards · lybard · libbard
- A large wild cat with a spotted coat native to Africa and Asia (Panthera pardus). During all such cases when we were present they responded by giving repeated alarm calls, even when the leopard was already feeding on a carcass. We wanted to determine whether vervets knew enough about the behavior of leopards to recognize that, even in the absence of a leopard, a carcass in a tree
- The male of the species P. pardus, as distinguished from a leopardess.
- A similar-looking, large wild cat named after the leopard. There are plenty of beautiful cats among the thirty-nine species in the Felidae family, but the three leopards—clouded, common, and snow—may be the most visually stunning. Cloaked in the most beautiful fur of any cat, the reclusive clouded leopard is the Greta Garbo of the lot; it lives a solitary l
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A clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa or Neofelis diardi), a large wild cat native to Asia.
Similar: clouded leopard
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The snow leopard (Panthera uncia), a large wild cat native to Asia.
Similar: snow leopard
- A lion passant guardant. Sometimes there is confusion over the heraldic leopard, the question being—When is a leopard not a leopard? There is a theory that the lion and leopard were the same thing, and that they were named entirely depending on their attitude—thus if the animal was passant guardant it was a leopard, but whe
- Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Phalanta, having black markings on an orange base.
Similar: common leopard, pard, pardal
Leopard²
proper noun
- A surname.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: panthera pardus, tiger, cheetah, lion, panther, frog, bao, snow, snowpack, chesapeake, fahd, geckos, nimr, panthera, pard, wildcat
noun
Similar: common leopard, pard, pardal
Translations
Every language
noun a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus
| Español | leopardo |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 표범 pyobeom |
| 日本語 | ヒョウ hyō, 豹 hyō |
| 中文 | 豹 bào, 豹子 bàozi |
| हिन्दी | तेंदुआ tenduā, तेंदुई tenduī, तेँदुआ tẽduā |
| Kiswahili | chui |
| Português | leopardo |
| Français | léopard |
| Deutsch | Leopard, Pard, Pardel, Parder |
| Italiano | leopardo |
| Ελληνικά | λεοπάρδαλη leopárdali |
| Română | leopard |
| Русский | леопа́рд leopárd, барс bars |
| Tiếng Việt | báo, beo, cọp gấm, báo hoa mai, báo hoa |
| العربية | نِمْر nimr, نَمِر namir, فَهْد fahd |
| עברית | נָמֵר namér |
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title = {leopard},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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