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leveret en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈlɛvɹɪt/
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈlɛvəɹɪt/

Etymology

From Middle English leveret(te), from Old French leveret, diminutive of lievre (“hare”), from Latin leporem, of obscure origin.

Meanings

1. A young hare less than one year old.
   • As when two skilful hounds the leveret wind; Or chase through woods obscure the trembling hind; Now lost, now seen, they intercept his way, And from the herd still turn the flying prey: So fast, and with such fears, the Trojan flew; So close, so constant, the bold Greeks pursue. 1720, Alexander Pope, transl., The Iliad of Homer, Book 10:
   • Fair Hand that can on Virgin-paper write, Yet from the stain of Ink preserve it white, Whose travel o’er that Silver Field does show, Like track of Leveretts in morning Snow; 1686, Edmund Waller, “Of a Tree cut in Paper”, in Poems, &c. written upon several occasions, and to several persons by Edmond Waller, London: H. Herringman:
   • […] Shall I die like a leveret, Without any resistance?—Help, help, help! I am slain! 1623, John Webster, The Duchess of Malfi, act V, scene 5:
   • They heard Marvel squeal like a caught leveret, and forthwith they were clambering over the bar to his rescue. 1897, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, “chapter 16”, in The Invisible Man: A Grotesque Romance, New York, N.Y.; London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, →OCLC:

Forms

Relateds

rabbitling

Synonyms

hareling

Translations (56)

de Häschen (a young hare) · ro iepuraș (a young hare) · gl lebrato (a young hare) · cmn 小兔子 (a young hare) · vo jilievül (a young hare) · da harekilling (a young hare) · vi con thỏ con (a young hare) · rm lieuret (a young hare) · vi thỏ con (a young hare) · es lebrato (a young hare) · cy llefren (a young hare) · lv zaķēns (a young hare) · be зайчаня́ (a young hare) · nci cihtepitōn (a young hare) · sl zajček (a young hare) · mk зајче (a young hare) · cs zajíček (a young hare) · tk çebşek (a young hare) · ca llebretó (a young hare) · ja 子ウサギ (a young hare) · nci cihtōntli (a young hare) · ast llebratu (a young hare) · vo hilievül (a young hare) · sv harunge (a young hare) · uk зайченя́ (a young hare) · mn бүжин (a young hare) · uk зайченя́тко (a young hare) · uk зайча́ (a young hare) · da killing (a young hare) · ru зайчо́нок (a young hare) · vo lievül (a young hare) · ja 子兔 (a young hare) · de Häslein (a young hare) · el λαγουδάκι (a young hare) · ru за́йчик (a young hare) · cs mladý zajíc (a young hare) · sv unghare (a young hare) · pl zajączek (a young hare) · fi jäniksenpoika (a young hare) · eu erbikume (a young hare) · fr levreteau (unweaned) (a young hare) · bg за́йче (a young hare) · sk zajačik (a young hare) · it leprotto (a young hare) · pt lebroto (a young hare) · ko 새끼 토끼 (a young hare) · cy lefren (a young hare) · cmn 小兔 (a young hare) · cmn 兔崽 (a young hare) · ga patachán (a young hare) · nl haasje (a young hare) · be зайчанё (a young hare) · ko 아기 토끼 (a young hare) · kk көжек (a young hare) · fr levraut (a young hare) · sv harpalt (a young hare)