lel

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See also: -lel, -lél, and LEL

English

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Etymology

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Miscellaneously substituted vowel in place of the 'o' in lol.

Interjection

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lel

  1. (Internet slang, text messaging) Variation of lol.

Usage notes

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  • More playful than 'lol'.

Anagrams

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Cornish

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Adjective

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lel

  1. genuine, loyal, reliable, trusty

References

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Dutch

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Etymology

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Of imitative origin

Pronunciation

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  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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lel c (plural lellen, diminutive lelletje n)

  1. slap
  2. lobe
  3. wattle (of a bird)
  4. snood (flap of erectile red skin on the beak of a male turkey)

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Berbice Creole Dutch: alala, allalla
  • Petjo: lel
  • Papiamentu: lèlè

Hungarian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finno-Ugric *lewdä- (to find). Cognates include Finnish löytää and Estonian leidma.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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lel

  1. (transitive, intransitive, archaic) to find (with -ra/-re or -t/-ot/-at/-et/-öt)
    Synonym: talál
    A tárcában sok pénzre lelt.S/he found a lot of money in the wallet.
    Sosem lelte kedvét az ivásban.S/he never found pleasure in drinking.

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • lel in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN