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Old Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Latin leporem.
Pronunciation
Noun
liebre f (plural liebres)
- hare
c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 17v:[…] pero la gente daq̃lla tierra o ella es mas fallada, llaman le la piedra dela liebre, por eſta razon. q̃ en aquel logar o entra el grand ryo del nilo en la mar medio terrana, cria ſe y un animal que ſemeia en ſus miembros ⁊ en todas ſus fayciones ala liebre de tierra. ⁊ por endel llaman liebre marina.- but the people of that land, where it is most found, call it the stone of the hare for this reason; that in that place, where the great river Nile enters the Mediterranean Sea, there breeds an animal that is similar in its limbs and all of its features to the land hare, and thus they call it a marine hare.
Descendants
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish liebre, from Latin leporem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈljebɾe/
- Rhymes: -ebɾe
- Syllabification: lie‧bre
Noun
liebre f (plural liebres)
- hare, jackrabbit
- pacesetter
Derived terms
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