English Words Starting With L

• leominster

  nounLow
  /ˈlɛmstər/A placename, specifically a market town in Herefordshire, England.
• leon

  nounVery Low
  /ˈliːɒn/A proper noun or name, most commonly a personal name of Spanish origin (León). In English contexts, it is recognized primarily as a male given name or surname.
• leona

  nounLow
  /liːˈəʊ.nə/A female given name, a feminine form of Leo or Leon, meaning 'lioness'.
• leonard

  nounMedium-Low
  /ˈlɛn.əd/A masculine given name of Germanic origin meaning 'brave lion'.
• leonardo da vinci

  nounLow
  /ˌliːəˈnɑːdəʊ də ˈvɪntʃi/Proper noun; the name of a famous Italian Renaissance polymath (1452–1519), known as a painter, inventor, scientist, and engineer.
• leonardo of pisa

  nounC1+
  /ˌliː.əˈnɑː.dəʊ əv ˈpiː.zə/A historical figure: the 13th-century Italian mathematician, also known as Fibonacci.
• leoncavallo

  nounC2
  /ˌleɪɒnkəˈvæləʊ/A proper noun, primarily referring to Ruggiero Leoncavallo, an Italian opera composer.
• leone

  nounC2
  /liˈəʊni/The official currency of Sierra Leone.
• leoni

  nounVery Low
  /leɪˈəʊni/This is not a standard English word. 'Leoni' is most commonly recognized as the plural form of the Italian word 'leone' (lion). In English, it primarily appears as a surname, a given name, a business or brand name, or a plural borrowing from Italian.
• leonid

  nounLow
  /ˈliːənɪd/A meteor in the annual meteor shower that appears to radiate from the constellation Leo.
• leonidas

  nounVery Low
  /lɪˈɒnɪdæs/A proper noun referring to a historical figure, specifically Leonidas I, king of Sparta.
• leonine

  adjectivenounC2
  /ˈliːənaɪn/Relating to or resembling a lion.
• leonine rhyme

  nounRare / Technical
  /ˈliːənaɪn ˈraɪm/A rhyming couplet where the first line has an internal pause (caesura) and the rhyme is formed by the word(s) before this pause with the word(s) at the end of the second line.
• leonine verse

  nounC2
  /ˈliːənaɪn vɜːs/A type of medieval Latin verse characterized by internal rhyme, especially within a single hexameter line.
• leonora

  nounLow
  /ˌliːəˈnɔːrə/A female given name, often considered a variant of Eleanor or Leonor.
• leonov

  nounLow (Proper Noun)
  /ˈlɛənɒf/A Russian surname, most famously borne by cosmonaut Alexei Leonov (1934–2019), the first human to perform a spacewalk.
• leontiasis

  nounVery Low (C2+)
  /ˌliː.ɒnˈtaɪ.ə.sɪs/A rare medical condition causing overgrowth and enlargement of the facial and cranial bones, producing a lion-like appearance.
• leontief

  nounVery Low
  /liˈɒntiɛf/A surname, most famously associated with the economist Wassily Leontief, used attributively to name economic theories, models, and effects.
• leontopodium

  nounC2 (Very low frequency)
  /ˌliːɒntə(ʊ)ˈpəʊdɪəm/A genus of flowering plants in the daisy family, commonly known as edelweiss, characterized by white, woolly, star-shaped flower heads.
• leontovich

  nounVery Low (Proper Noun)
  /liːɒnˈtɒvɪtʃ/A surname of Ukrainian/Belarusian origin, most famously associated with Maksym Leontovych, composer of the 'Carol of the Bells' melody.

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