leu

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/ˈleɪ.uː/

noun

The unit of currency of Romania, equal to one hundred bani.

OriginRomanian leu ← Latin leō →
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Meanings

leu1

nounleu (plural lei)

plural lei

  1. The unit of currency of Romania, equal to one hundred bani.
  2. The unit of currency of Moldova, equal to one hundred bani.
    1 more example

    Soon afterwards, it emerged that the Moldovan company Natural Gaz DC had signed a contract with Tiraspoltransgaz. Arkady Vikol, a co-owner of Natural Gaz DC, said the company planned to buy two to three million cubic metres of gas per day on European exchanges, generating around 3 million Moldovan lei per day (€150,000) in daily tax revenues for the Moldovan budget.

    2025 December 24, Nikita Kovalenko, “On borrowed time : How Transnistria is coping without the transit of Russian gas via Ukraine”, in Novaya Gazeta Europe

LEU2

nounLEU (countable and uncountable, plural LEUs)

plural LEUs

  1. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablenuclearInitialism of low-enriched uranium.
  2. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountabletrain controlInitialism of lineside electronics unit.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
leucine

Origin

  1. Latinleō“lion”
  2. Romanianleu“lion”
  3. Englishleu

Borrowed from Romanian leu (“lion”), from Latin leō (“lion”). Doublet of Leo, lev, lion, and Lyon.

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Translations

Bulgarian ле́я
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Catalan leu
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Chinese Mandarin 列伊
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Finnish leu
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Greek λέι
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Hungarian lej
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Japanese レウ
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Korean 레우
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Polish lej
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Portuguese leu
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Romanian leu
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Russian лей
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Slovak leu, lei
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Ukrainian лей
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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

lueuleUELElu
Cite this entry
APA

leu. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/leu

MLA

“leu.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/leu. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “leu,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/leu.

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