Word.ws English Dictionary

lionel

/ˈlaɪənl/

lionel noun: lion cub.

Noun

lionel (plural lionels)

  1. (archaic) lion cub

Proper noun capitalized: Lionel

Lionel

  1. A male given name from Latin of mostly British usage.
    • , Scene IV
      His grandfather was Lionel, Duke of Clarence,
      Third son to the third Edward, King of England.
      Spring crestless yeomen from so deep a root?
    • "Yes. You see, I was born under the sign of Leo, though it's not my real name."
      "What is your real name?"
      I saw Marcus looking at me, but I couldn't refuse to tell her.
      "It's Lionel. But don't tell anyone."
      "Why not?"
      "Because it's rather a fancy name."1953, L. P. Hartley, The Go-Between, Hamish Hamilton, published 1974, pages 49–50
  2. A village in Ness, Isle of Lewis, Western Isles council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NB5363). From Scottish Gaelic.

lionel meaning in Hindi, Bengali, Telugu and Malayalam

lionel in Hindi

लायनल

lionel in Bengali

সিংহ শাবক

lionel in Telugu

లయనెల్

lionel in Malayalam

ലയണൽ
More languagesFewer languages
lionel in Kannada
ಲಯನೆಲ್
lionel in Punjabi
ਲਿਓਨਲ
lionel in Odia
ଲିଓନେଲ
lionel in Nepali
लियोनेल, लायनेल

Forms of lionel

plurallionels

Origin of lionel

From Old French [Term?], diminutive of lion.

A Middle English diminutive of French Léon, Latin Leo (“lion”), or of the Middle English nickname Lion + -el (diminutive suffix).

Questions about lionel

What does lionel mean?
Lionel means lion cub.
What is lionel in Hindi?
Lionel in Hindi is लायनल. See Lionel meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is lionel?
Lionel can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce lionel?
Lionel is pronounced /ˈlaɪənl/.
What is the plural of lionel?
The plural of lionel is lionels.

Words near lionel in the dictionary

  1. lioncel
  2. lioncelle
  3. lioncelles
  4. lioncels
  5. liondom
  6. lionel
  7. lionels
  8. lionesque
  9. lionesquely
  10. lioness
  11. lionesses

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: lionel (page history and authors); Lionel (page history and authors); lionel (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lionel (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); lionel (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lionel (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lionel (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lionel (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lionel (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lionel (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Lionel.wav.

Cite this entry: “lionel.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/lionel. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.