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Serbo-Croatian
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Etymology
From Ancient Greek λεπίς (lepís, “scale”) + πτερόν (pterón, “wing”);
compare dialectal Bulgarian лепир (lepir, “vampire”), dialectal Russian лепень (lepenʹ, “butterfly”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lêptiːr/
- Hyphenation: lep‧tir
Noun
lȅptīr m (Cyrillic spelling ле̏птӣр)
- lepidopteran; butterfly or moth (but prototypically a butterfly)
- butterfly (swimming style)
- bowtie
- butterfly door (of a car)
- (figuratively) a fickle, flighty person
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