What is another word for leu?

Pronunciation: [lˈuː] (IPA)

The word "leu" is a currency unit used in several countries, including Romania and Moldova. However, there are different ways to refer to this currency unit, depending on the context and the language used. In Romanian, for example, "leu" is the standard term, but it can also be called "lion" in English, which is a translation of the Romanian word. In Moldova, the currency is called "lei", which is the plural form of "leu". Other synonyms for the word "leu" include "bani" or "coin" in Romanian, "florin" in Dutch, and "lev" in Bulgarian. These synonyms might be useful when travelling or doing business in countries that use different currencies.

Synonyms for Leu:

What are the hypernyms for Leu?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

What are the hyponyms for Leu?

Hyponyms are more specific words categorized under a broader term, known as a hypernym.

What are the meronyms for Leu?

Meronyms are words that refer to a part of something, where the whole is denoted by another word.
  • meronyms for leu (as nouns)

    • quantity
      ban.

Usage examples for Leu

Already the villages of Yeng, leu, Liang-li and the Dwellings by the Three Pure Wells are as dust beneath his trampling feet, and they who stayed there have passed up in smoke.
"Kai Lung's Golden Hours"
Ernest Bramah Commentator: Hilaire Belloc
In the Romans de Garin, it is "leu warou, sanglante beste."
"The Book of Were-Wolves"
Sabine Baring-Gould
Besides, what right had she to have her son made a duke of St. leu, and a peer of the Bourbons?
"Memoirs of the Private Life, Return, and Reign of Napoleon in 1815, Vol. I"
Pierre Antoine Edouard Fleury de Chaboulon

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