leveret
/ˈlɛvəɹɪt/noun
leveret is a noun meaning “A young hare less than one year old” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled L-E-V-E-R-E-T, and it appears about once in every 54 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of leveret is leverets.
What does leveret mean?
noun
- 1
A young hare less than one year old.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce leveret?
- /ˈlɛvəɹɪt/
- /ˈlɛvɹɪt/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-leveret.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of leveret
- leverets plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is leveret?
Leveret appears about once in every 54 million words in written English, the 228,409th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Leveret in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a young hare:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | levraut, levreteau (unweaned) |
| German | Häschen, Häslein |
| Portuguese | lebroto |
| Spanish | lebrato |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does leveret come from?
From Middle English leveret(te), from Old French leveret, diminutive of lievre (“hare”), from Latin leporem, of obscure origin.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).