lapel

English

Etymology

From lap +‎ -el (“diminutive suffix”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ləˈpɛl/

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• (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ləˈpel/
• Rhymes: -ɛl

Noun

lapel (plural lapels)

1. 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.
   • 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter I, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:

     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.

Derived terms

• grab by the lapels
• lapeled
• lapelled
• lapelless
• lapel mic
• lapel pin

Translations

each of the two triangular pieces of cloth on a jacket or coat

• Albanian: please add this translation if you can
• Arabic: طَيَّة f (ṭayya)
• Armenian: կրծածալ (krcacal), դարձածալ (hy) (darjacal)
• Basque: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: ревер m (rever)
• Catalan: solapa f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 翻领 (zh)

• Czech: klopa f
• Danish: jakkerevers
• Dutch: revers (nl)
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: käänne (fi), takinkäänne
• French: revers (fr) m, colbac (fr) m (familiar)
• Galician: lapela f
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Revers (de) n; Klappe (de) f; Aufschlag (de) m, Jackenaufschlag m, Mantelaufschlag m, Rockaufschlag (de) m
• Greek: πέτο (el) n (péto), γιακάς (el) m (giakás)
• Hebrew: please add this translation if you can
• Hungarian: hajtóka (hu), rever (hu)
• Irish: liopa m, bóna m
• Italian: risvolto (it) m
• Latvian: atloks m
• Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
• Macedonian: реве́р m (revér)
• Maltese: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian: jakkeslag n
• Polish: klapa (pl) f
• Portuguese: lapela (pt) f
• Romanian: rever (ro) n
• Russian: отворо́т (ru) m (otvorót), ла́цкан (ru) m (láckan)
• Spanish: solapa (es) f, solapo (es) m, solape (es) m
• Swedish: slag (sv), kavajslag
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: klapa (tr)
• Welsh: llabed m or f

Anagrams

• Pella, lepal

Volapük

Noun

lapel (nominative plural lapels)

1. appeal

Declension

Declension of lapel

	singular	plural
nominative	lapel	lapels
genitive	lapela	lapelas
dative	lapele	lapeles
accusative	lapeli	lapelis
vocative 1	o lapel!	o lapels!
predicative 2	lapelu	lapelus

¹ status as a case is disputed
² in later, non-classical Volapük only