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# leprechaun

noun (a leprechaun, leprechauns)

«leprechaun» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (Irish folklore) A small, mischievous fairy, usually shown as a little man with a red or ginger beard, a green coat and hat, who makes shoes and hides a pot of gold. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leprechaun/#m1)
2. It is a figure from stories, not a real creature. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leprechaun/#m2)

### In the lessons

In stories and St Patrick's Day crafts (17 March), children build leprechaun traps and look for the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. In Irish folklore, if you catch a leprechaun he must grant wishes or show his gold, but he is very tricky. Phrases: pot of gold, leprechaun trap.

### Examples

- The leprechaun hid his pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leprechaun/#x1)
- We made a leprechaun trap for St Patrick's Day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leprechaun/#x2)
- In the story, the leprechaun tricked the farmer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leprechaun/#x3)
- Leprechauns are said to be shoemakers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leprechaun/#x4)
- My little cousin believes a leprechaun messed up his room. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leprechaun/#x5)
- The leprechaun wore a green hat with a gold buckle. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leprechaun/#x6)

### Note

Countable. Spelling is tricky: l-e-p-r-e-c-h-a-u-n. Pronounced LEP-ruh-kawn. Myth: leprechauns are characters of Irish folklore, not real. In older stories they wore red, not green.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «leprechaun» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leprechaun/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«leprechaun» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/leprechaun.html) on Mova free.