noun
Meaning 1
A luxury wristwatch produced by the brand Rolex SA.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
Rolex
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɹəʊlɛks/
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homophone: rolex
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homophone: Rolex
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CMU ARPABET: R OW1 L EH0 K S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
An omelette served inside a chapati.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Uganda
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History
Etymology
Coined ex nihilo by German watchmaker Hans Wilsdorf in 1908 as a trade name. Wildorf later explained: "I tried combining the letters of the alphabet in every possible way. This gave me some hundred names, but none of them felt quite right. One morning, while riding on the upper deck of a horse-drawn omnibus along Cheapside in the City of London, a genie whispered ‘Rolex’ in my ear."
Blend of rolled + eggs. The name rolex comes from its method of preparation, with the chapati and the egg omelette rolled together.
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