lebrel

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French lévrier, from Old French levrer, from Late Latin canem leporārium (literally “hare dog, harehound”), from Latin lepus (“hare”). By surface analysis, liebre +‎ -el. Doublet of lebrero (“harehound”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /leˈbɾel/ [leˈβ̞ɾel]
• Rhymes: -el
• Syllabification: le‧brel

Noun

lebrel m (plural lebreles)

1. 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 (“Italian greyhound”)

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