lebrel
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from French lévrier, from Late Latin leporārius (“relating to hares”), from Latin lepus (“hare”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /leˈbɾel/ [leˈβ̞ɾel]
- Rhymes: -el
- Syllabification: le‧brel
Noun
lebrel m (plural lebreles)
- hound, (specifically) sighthound, whippet
Hyponyms
- galgo (“greyhound”)
- lebrel afgano (“Afghan hound”)
- lebrel húngaro (“Magyar agár”)
- lebrel irlandés (“Irish wolfhound”)
- lebrel italiano (“Italian greyhound”)
- levriero italiano (“Levriero Italiano”)
Related terms
Further reading
- “lebrel”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024