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lapel

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ləˈpɛl/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Australian, New-Zealand: /ləˈpel/
  • rhymes with -ɛl
  • CMU ARPABET: L AH0 P EH1 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

lap at the front of a coat; continuation of the coat collar

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: lap, overlap

Narrower terms: revers, revere

History

Etymology

From lap + -el (“diminutive suffix”).

Across languages

Translations

43 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: طَيَّة (ṭayya) — each of the two triangular pieces of cloth on a jacket or coat
  • Armenian: կրծածալ (krcacal) — each of the two triangular pieces of cloth on a jacket or coat
  • Armenian: դարձածալ (darjacal) — each of the two triangular pieces of cloth on a jacket or coat
  • Bulgarian: ревер (rever) — each of the two triangular pieces of cloth on a jacket or coat
  • Catalan: solapa — each of the two triangular pieces of cloth on a jacket or coat
  • Chinese Mandarin: 翻領 /翻领 (fānlǐng) — each of the two triangular pieces of cloth on a jacket or coat
  • Czech: klopa — each of the two triangular pieces of cloth on a jacket or coat
  • Danish: jakkerevers — each of the two triangular pieces of cloth on a jacket or coat
  • Dutch: revers — each of the two triangular pieces of cloth on a jacket or coat
  • Finnish: käänne — each of the two triangular pieces of cloth on a jacket or coat
  • Finnish: takinkäänne — each of the two triangular pieces of cloth on a jacket or coat
  • French: revers — each of the two triangular pieces of cloth on a jacket or coat
  • French: colbac — each of the two triangular pieces of cloth on a jacket or coat
  • Galician: lapela — each of the two triangular pieces of cloth on a jacket or coat
  • German: Revers — each of the two triangular pieces of cloth on a jacket or coat
  • German: Klappe — each of the two triangular pieces of cloth on a jacket or coat
  • German: Aufschlag — each of the two triangular pieces of cloth on a jacket or coat
  • German: Jackenaufschlag — each of the two triangular pieces of cloth on a jacket or coat
  • German: Mantelaufschlag — each of the two triangular pieces of cloth on a jacket or coat
  • German: Rockaufschlag — each of the two triangular pieces of cloth on a jacket or coat
  • Greek: πέτο (péto) — each of the two triangular pieces of cloth on a jacket or coat
  • Greek: γιακάς (giakás) — each of the two triangular pieces of cloth on a jacket or coat
  • Hebrew: דש (dash) — each of the two triangular pieces of cloth on a jacket or coat
  • Hungarian: hajtóka — each of the two triangular pieces of cloth on a jacket or coat
  • Hungarian: rever — each of the two triangular pieces of cloth on a jacket or coat
  • Irish: liopa — each of the two triangular pieces of cloth on a jacket or coat
  • Irish: bóna — each of the two triangular pieces of cloth on a jacket or coat
  • Italian: risvolto — each of the two triangular pieces of cloth on a jacket or coat
  • Latvian: atloks — each of the two triangular pieces of cloth on a jacket or coat
  • Macedonian: реве́р (revér) — each of the two triangular pieces of cloth on a jacket or coat
  • Norwegian: jakkeslag — each of the two triangular pieces of cloth on a jacket or coat
  • Polish: klapa — each of the two triangular pieces of cloth on a jacket or coat
  • Portuguese: lapela — each of the two triangular pieces of cloth on a jacket or coat
  • Romanian: rever — each of the two triangular pieces of cloth on a jacket or coat
  • Russian: отворо́т (otvorót) — each of the two triangular pieces of cloth on a jacket or coat
  • Russian: ла́цкан (láckan) — each of the two triangular pieces of cloth on a jacket or coat
  • Spanish: solapa — each of the two triangular pieces of cloth on a jacket or coat
  • Spanish: solapo — each of the two triangular pieces of cloth on a jacket or coat
  • Spanish: solape — each of the two triangular pieces of cloth on a jacket or coat
  • Swedish: slag — each of the two triangular pieces of cloth on a jacket or coat
  • Swedish: kavajslag — each of the two triangular pieces of cloth on a jacket or coat
  • Turkish: klapa — each of the two triangular pieces of cloth on a jacket or coat
  • Welsh: llabed — each of the two triangular pieces of cloth on a jacket or coat