Leonardo

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Leonardo.

Proper noun

Leonardo

  1. A male given name from Italian, equivalent to English Leonard.
    • 2022 April 20, Megan Marples, “Taylor Swift inspired an entomologist to name a new millipede species after the megastar”, in CNN[1]:
      Leonardo DiCaprio had a tree, Uvariopsis dicaprio, named after him for his conservation efforts.
  2. Leonardo da Vinci, Italian polymath.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

Leonardo (plural Leonardos)

  1. (informal) A painting by Leonardo da Vinci.
    • 2001, Diane Johnson, Le Mariage:
      There is something megalomanic about collecting Leonardos. Leonardos are for megalomaniacs. Bill Gates buys Leonardos.

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈlɛonaːrdoː]
  • Hyphenation: Le‧o‧nar‧do
  • Rhymes: -doː

Proper noun

Leonardo

  1. Leonardo da Vinci, Italian polymath.

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative Leonardo Leonardók
accusative Leonardót Leonardókat
dative Leonardónak Leonardóknak
instrumental Leonardóval Leonardókkal
causal-final Leonardóért Leonardókért
translative Leonardóvá Leonardókká
terminative Leonardóig Leonardókig
essive-formal Leonardoként Leonardókként
essive-modal
inessive Leonardóban Leonardókban
superessive Leonardón Leonardókon
adessive Leonardónál Leonardóknál
illative Leonardóba Leonardókba
sublative Leonardóra Leonardókra
allative Leonardóhoz Leonardókhoz
elative Leonardóból Leonardókból
delative Leonardóról Leonardókról
ablative Leonardótól Leonardóktól
non-attributive
possessive – singular
Leonardóé Leonardóké
non-attributive
possessive – plural
Leonardóéi Leonardókéi
Possessive forms of Leonardo
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. Leonardóm Leonardóim
2nd person sing. Leonardód Leonardóid
3rd person sing. Leonardója Leonardói
1st person plural Leonardónk Leonardóink
2nd person plural Leonardótok Leonardóitok
3rd person plural Leonardójuk Leonardóik

Derived terms

  • leonardói

Italian

Etymology

From Old French Leonard, name of a 6th century Frankish saint, from Old High German Leonhart (literally as strong as a lion), from leo (lion) and hart (hard, strong).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /le.oˈnar.do/
  • Rhymes: -ardo
  • Hyphenation: Le‧o‧nàr‧do

Proper noun

Leonardo m

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Leonard
  2. Leonardo da Vinci, Italian polymath

Derived terms

Anagrams

Lithuanian

Pronunciation

Noun

Leonárdo

  1. genitive singular of Leonárdas (Leonard)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /le.oˈnaʁ.du/ [le.oˈnaɦ.du]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /le.oˈnaɾ.du/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /le.oˈnaʁ.du/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /le.oˈnaɻ.do/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ljuˈnaɾ.du/ [ljuˈnaɾ.ðu]

  • Hyphenation: Le‧o‧nar‧do

Proper noun

Leonardo m (plural Leonardos, feminine Leonarda, feminine plural Leonardas)

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Leonard

Derived terms

  • Leo (pet form)
  • Leonardinho (diminutive)

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /leonǎːrdo/

Proper noun

Leonárdo m anim (Cyrillic spelling Леона́рдо)

  1. a male given name

Further reading

  • Leonardo”, in Portal suvremenih hrvatskih osobnih imena [Portal of contemporary Croatian personal names] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2018–2025

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /leoˈnaɾdo/ [le.oˈnaɾ.ð̞o]
  • Rhymes: -aɾdo
  • Syllabification: Le‧o‧nar‧do

Proper noun

Leonardo m

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Leonard