Meanings
pantaleon1
plural pantaleons
- historicalentertainmentA very large dulcimer, invented around 1700.
Pantaleon2
plural Pantaleons
- A surname.
- A Greek king of Bactria and India from the 2nd century BC.
Origin
pantaleon · noun
From Pantaleon, as it was invented by Pantaleon Hebenstreit. Doublet of pantaloon.
Full word history & related roots →Pantaleon · proper noun
- Ancient GreekΠανταλέων
- EnglishPantaleon
* From Ancient Greek Πανταλέων (Pantaléōn) used as a personal name, stemming from παν- (pan-, “all, every”) and λέων (léōn, “lion”) (Klein). * As a Spanish surname, from Pantaleón. Compare Pantaleo. * The saint's name is of Ancient Greek origin, as described above or from παν- (pan-, “all, every”) and ἐλεήμων (eleḗmōn, “merciful, compassionate”) (Littré).
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
French pantaléon
- pantaléonvery large dulcimer
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Cite this entry
pantaleon. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pantaleon
“pantaleon.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pantaleon. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pantaleon,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pantaleon.
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