lapel
/ləˈpɛl/
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Australia/ləˈpel/
lapel noun: each of the two triangular pieces of cloth on the front of a jacket or coat that are folded back below the throat, leaving a triangular opening between.
Noun
lapel (plural lapels)
- Each of the two triangular pieces of cloth on the front of a jacket or coat that are folded back below the throat, leaving a triangular opening between.
- His sister, Mrs. Gerard, stood there in carriage gown and sables, radiant with surprise. ¶ “Phil ! You ! Exactly like you, Philip, to come strolling in from the antipodes—dear fellow !” recovering from the fraternal embrace and holding both lapels of his coat in her gloved hands.1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter I, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC
lapel meaning in Kannada and Arabic
lapel in Kannada
- ಮುಮ್ಮಡಿಕೆ
lapel in Arabic
- each of the two triangular pieces of cloth on a jacket or coat
- طَيَّة ṭayya
Examples of lapel in a sentence
- There was dried slobber on his coat lapel.
- He was wearing a red paper flower in his lapel.
- One: he followed his man, grabbing him by his shiny lapels before he was inside his car.
Forms of lapel
| plural | lapels |
|---|---|
| alternative form (obsolete) | lapelle |
| alternative form (obsolete) | lappel |
Origin of lapel
From lap + -el (“diminutive suffix”).
Words formed from lapel
Phrases with lapel
Words that rhyme with lapel
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- hell
- hotel
- repel
- smell
- cartel
- dell
- pell
- quell
- as well
- au naturel
- dwell
- expel
- fell
- gel
- La Rochelle
- lol
- oversell
- stell
- wel
- ABDL
- dispel
- ell
- kell
- knell
- mell
- personnel
- quenelle
- snell
- undersell
- yell
- belle
- death knell
- del
- farewell
- flotel
- foretell
- gazelle
- impel
- mademoiselle
- marcel
- mel
- morell
- Moselle
- motel
- NFL
- overswell
- propel
- pucelle
Questions about lapel
- What does lapel mean?
- Lapel means each of the two triangular pieces of cloth on the front of a jacket or coat that are folded back below the throat, leaving a triangular opening between.
- What is lapel in Kannada?
- Lapel in Kannada is ಮುಮ್ಮಡಿಕೆ. See Lapel meaning in Kannada.
- What part of speech is lapel?
- Lapel is a noun.
- How do you pronounce lapel?
- Lapel is pronounced /ləˈpɛl/ (UK).
- What is the plural of lapel?
- The plural of lapel is lapels.
Words near lapel in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: lapel (page history and authors); lapel (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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