Leonid

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈliːənɪd/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(lē′ə nid)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
Le•o•nid  (lē′ə nid),USA pronunciation n., pl. Le•o•nids, Le•on•i•des (lē on′i dēz′).USA pronunciation [Astron.]
  1. Astronomyany of a shower of meteors occurring around November 15 and appearing to radiate from a point in the constellation Leo.
  • Neo-Latin Leonidēs, equivalent. to Latin Leōn- (stem of Leō) Leo + -idēs -id1
  • 1875–80

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
Leonid / ˈliːənɪd/ (Leonids, Leonides / lɪˈɒnɪˌdiːz/)
  1. any member of a meteor shower that is usually insignificant, but more spectacular every 33 years, and occurs annually in mid-November, appearing to radiate from a point in the constellation Leo
Etymology: 19th Century: from New Latin Leōnidēs, from leō lion
'Leonid' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Andreyev - Brezhnev - Brezhnev Doctrine - Kantorovich - Leo - Leonov - Vladivostok agreement

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