leper

leper

English

Etymology

Middle English lepre, leprosy, from Old French, from Latin leprae, lepra, from Ancient Greek λέπρα (lépra).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛpə(r)

Noun

leper (plural lepers)

1. A person who has leprosy.
2. A person who is shunned; a pariah.

Derived terms

• leper colony

Translations

person who has leprosy

Bikol Central: kagitsion Danish: spedalsk Dutch: melaatse (nl) m or f, leproos (nl) m Esperanto: leprulo Finnish: spitaalinen (fi) French: léprosé m, lépreux (fr) Galician: leproso m, gafo (gl) m, malato m Georgian: კეთროვანი (ḳetrovani) German: (especially historical, biblical) Aussätziger (de) m; (medicine now usually) Leprakranker (de) m Greek: λεπρός (el) m (leprós) Ancient Greek: λεπρός m (leprós) Greenlandic: pupissoq Hebrew: מצרע‎ (m"tzorah) Hungarian: leprás (hu) Italian: lebbroso (it) m, lebbrosa (it) f

Japanese: 癩病患者 (らいびょうかんじゃ, raibyōkanja) Kurdish: Sorani: گول‎ (gul) Luxembourgish: Aussätzeger m Persian: جذامی‎ (fa) Polish: trędowaty (pl) m Portuguese: leproso (pt) m, leprosa f Russian: прокажённый (ru) (prokažónnyj) Serbo-Croatian: gubavac (sh) m, gubavica (sh) f Spanish: leproso (es) m, leprosa (es) f Swedish: spetälsk (sv) c Tagalog: ketongin Turkish: cüzzamlı (tr) Volapük: (♂♀) lepradan, (♂) hilepradan, (♀) jilepradan

person who is shunned; a pariah

Finnish: hyljeksitty henkilö German: Ausgestoßener m; Aussätziger (de) m

Polish: trędowaty (pl) m

References

• “leper” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2019.
• leper in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• Epler, repel