Leda

See also: leda, léda, and -leda

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈliːdə/

Proper noun

Leda

1. (Greek mythology) The wife of Tyndareus and mother of Helen, Clytemnestra and Castor and Pollux hatched from eggs as a result of a seduction by Zeus in the guise of a swan
2. (astronomy) A moon of Jupiter.
3. (astronomy) 38 Leda, a main belt asteroid; not to be confused with the Jovian moon.

Synonyms

• (astronomy): 38 Leda, ㊳

Translations

Asteroid

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 卵たまご神しん星ほし (Luǎnshénxīng)

• French: Léda (fr) f
• Marathi: लीडा (līḍā)

Anagrams

• ALDE, Adel, Dale, Deal, Dela, E.D. La., Lade, adle, dale, deal, lade, lead

Italian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Λήδα (Lḗda).

Proper noun

Leda f

1. (Greek mythology) Leda
2. a female given name

Anagrams

• Elda

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɛ̀ːda/

Proper noun

Léda f

1. a female given name

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	Leda
gen. sing.	Lede
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	Leda	Ledi	Lede
genitive (rodȋlnik)	Lede	Led	Led
dative (dajȃlnik)	Ledi	Ledama	Ledam
accusative (tožȋlnik)	Ledo	Ledi	Lede
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	Ledi	Ledah	Ledah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	Ledo	Ledama	Ledami

Further reading

• “Leda”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024

Turkish

Proper noun

Leda

1. (astronomy) Leda