From lap -el ( “ diminutive suffix ” ) .
lapel (plural lapels
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 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.
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)
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
Swedish: slag (sv) , kavajslag
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: klapa (tr)
Welsh: llabed m or f
lapel (nominative plural lapels
appeal
declension of lapel
1 status as a case is disputed2 in later, non-classical Volapük only
