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lehavdil

/ləˈhɑv.dɪl/

lehavdil interjection: excuse the comparison.

Interjection

lehavdil

  1. (English, Jewish) excuse the comparison
  2. 2005, Michael Wex, Born to Kvetch: Yiddish Language and Culture in All of Its Moods, St. Martin's Press, →ISBN, pages 62-3
  3. "Gandhi and, lehavdl, Hitler were twentieth-century political figures"; "the cow and, lehavdl, the pig...."

Forms of lehavdil

alternative forml'havdil
alternative formlehavdel
alternative formlehavdl

Origin of lehavdil

From Yiddish להבֿדיל (lehavd(i)l), from Hebrew לְהַבְדִּיל (l'havdíl), the infinitive of הִבְדִּיל (hivdíl, “to separate, to distinguish”).

Questions about lehavdil

What does lehavdil mean?
Lehavdil means excuse the comparison.
What part of speech is lehavdil?
Lehavdil is an interjection.
How do you pronounce lehavdil?
Lehavdil is pronounced /ləˈhɑv.dɪl/.

Words near lehavdil in the dictionary

  1. Lehane
  2. Lehanes
  3. lehanga
  4. lehangas
  5. Lehans
  6. lehavdil
  7. lehavdl
  8. lehayim
  9. lehendakari
  10. lehendakaris
  11. lehenga

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