lebrel
التعريفات والمعاني
== 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)
hound, (specifically) sighthound, whippet
==== Hyponyms ====
=== Further reading ===
“lebrel”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025