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laurel¹
- /ˈlɒɹ.əl/ UK
- /ˈlɔːɹ.əl/ UK
- /ˈlɔɹ.əl/ US
Rhymes with -ɒɹəl
Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English laurer, laurel, from Anglo-Norman lorer, from Old French lorier, from Vulgar Latin *laurārius, from Latin laurus (“laurel”). Doublet of loureiro.
noun laurels
- An evergreen shrub of species Laurus nobilis, having aromatic leaves of a lanceolate shape, with clusters of small, yellowish white flowers in their axils. Laurel leaves were used in the Orient to promote amatory exercise.
- A crown of laurel.
- Honor, distinction, fame. to win laurels
- Any plant of the family Lauraceae.
- Any of various plants of other families that resemble laurels.
- An English gold coin made in 1619, and so called because the king's head on it was crowned with laurel.
verb laurels · laureling · laurelling · laureled · laurelled
- To decorate with laurel, especially with a laurel wreath. Windows peered from the spaces between the columns, which rose to hold up the large portico laureling the home with chiseled, decorative wreaths and curving spirals.
- To enwreathe. It wasn't hot this late in the year, and the sun was low in the southern sky, bracketed by pines and nearly hidden by a tree line laureling a trailer park.
- To award top honours to. In this regiment there was a young corporal, a native of Little K . He was laurelled and decorated more than many of his companions, for he excelled them all in courage, coolness, and daring. In one thing more he also excelled them — he was cruel, he was dissipated, and he was vicious in his tastes.
Laurel²
Rhymes with -ɒɹəl
noun Laurels
- Formerly, a participant aged sixteen or seventeen years old in the Young Women organization of the LDS Church.
proper noun
- A female or male given name from English from the laurel plant. "What on earth made Becky give you a name like that?" she'd asked Laurel, on that first occasion. "It's the state flower of West Virginia," Laurel told her, smiling. "Where my mother came from."
- A surname from Spanish.
- A municipality of the Philippines; named for Miguel Laurel.
- A neighbourhood of Edmonton, Alberta.
- A ghost town in Santa Cruz County, California.
- A neighborhood of Oakland, California.
- A town in Sussex County, Delaware; named for the laurel bushes growing in the area.
- A census-designated place in Florida.
- A town in Indiana; named for the city in Maryland.
- A city in Iowa; named for the community in Ohio.
- A city in Prince George's County, Maryland.
- A city in and one of the two county seats of Jones County, Mississippi; named for the laurel thickets in the area.
- A city in Montana; named for the laurel bushes growing in the area.
- A city in Nebraska; named for early settler Laura Martin.
- A hamlet in New York.
- An unincorporated community in Ohio.
- An unincorporated community in Oregon; named for the trees growing in the area, thought to be laurels (later identified as madrones).
- An unincorporated community in Tennessee.
- A census-designated place in Virginia.
- An unincorporated community in Washington.
- An unincorporated community in West Virginia.
- A river flowing from Lake, Kentucky into the Cumberland at Corbin, Kentucky.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: laurel wreath, accolade, honor, award, honour, bay wreath, spurge, wreath, woman, little, stan, deputy, felix, laurier, doy, wreathes
Translations
Every language
noun Laurus nobilis
| Español | laurel |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 月桂 gekkei |
| 中文 | 月桂 yuèguì |
| Kiswahili | mbei |
| Português | louro, loureiro |
| Français | laurier |
| Deutsch | Lorbeer |
| Italiano | alloro |
| Ελληνικά | δάφνη dáfni |
| Română | laur, dafin |
| Русский | лавр lavr |
| العربية | غَار ḡār |
| עברית | דַּפְנָה dafná, עָר 'ar |
noun crown of laurel
| Español | corona de laurel |
|---|---|
| Kiswahili | taji la mbei |
| Português | coroa de louros, louros |
| Français | couronne de laurier, couronne de lauriers |
| Deutsch | Lorbeerkranz |
| Italiano | corona d'alloro |
| Ελληνικά | κότινος kótinos |
| Română | coroană de lauri |
| Русский | ла́вровый вено́к lávrovyj venók |
noun 16–17-year-old participant in the Young Women organization of the LDS Church
| Español | laurel |
|---|
Talk about this word "laurel." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/laurel. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. laurel. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/laurel "laurel." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/laurel.Cite this
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title = {laurel},
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