liopard

From Middle Irish lipard, borrowed from Middle English lipard, 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”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈl̠ʲipˠəɾˠd̪ˠ/

liopard m (genitive singular liopaird, nominative plural liopaird)

1. leopard (Panthera pardus, a large wild cat with a spotted coat native to Africa and Asia)

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “liopard”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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