lirón

Augmentative form of Old Spanish lir, from Latin glis (accusative glirem), less likely corresponding to a Vulgar Latin *gliro, *glironem. Compare Galician leirón, French liron, dated English loir.

• IPA^(key): /liˈɾon/ [liˈɾõn]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: li‧rón

lirón m (plural lirones)

1. dormouse

• → Catalan: liró

• “lirón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28