leal
English
Etymology
From Middle English leel, lel, borrowed from Anglo-Norman leal and Old French leial, from Latin lēgālis. Doublet of loyal and legal.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /liːl/
Adjective
leal (comparative lealer, superlative lealest)
- (now chiefly Scotland) Loyal, honest.
- 2000, George RR Martin, A Storm of Swords, Bantam 2011, p. 858:
- We thank you for the pure white fire of his goodness, for the red sword of justice in his hand, for the love he bears his leal people.
- 2000, George RR Martin, A Storm of Swords, Bantam 2011, p. 858:
- (now only Scotland) True, genuine.
- 1885, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, “In which are Continued the Refinements wherewith Don Quixote Played the Part of a Lover in the Sierra Morena”, in John Ormsby, transl., The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha […] In Four Vols, volume II, London: Smith, Elder & Co. […], OCLC 906154755, part I, page 30:
- The lealest lover time can show, / Doomed for a lady-love to languish, / Among these solitudes doth go, / A prey to every kind of anguish.
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Ladin
Synonyms
- (loyal): fedel
Old French
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Portuguese leal, from Latin legālis. Compare legal, borrowed from the same source.
Adjective
leal (plural leais, comparable)
Antonyms
Derived terms
Scots
Etymology
From Middle English leel, lel, borrowed from Anglo-Norman leal and Old French leial, from Latin lēgālis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lil/
Spanish
Etymology
From Old Spanish, from Latin legālis. See also the borrowed doublet legal.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /leˈal/
Adjective
leal (plural leales)
Antonyms
Derived terms
Further reading
- “leal” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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