levrier

See also: lévrier

Romanian

Alternative forms

• левриер (levrier) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling

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, iepure +‎ -ier. Doublet of iepurar (“golden eagle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /le.vriˈer/
• Rhymes: -er
• Hyphenation: le‧vri‧er

Noun

levrier m (plural levrieri, feminine equivalent levretă)

1. greyhound

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	levrier	levrierul		levrieri	levrierii
genitive-dative	levrier	levrierului		levrieri	levrierilor
vocative	levrierule			levrierilor

Further reading

• “levrier”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025