lorelei

Lor·e·lei

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [lawr-uh-lahy; German loh-ruh-lahy]
- /ˈlɔr əˌlaɪ; German ˈloʊ rəˌlaɪ/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [lawr-uh-lahy; German loh-ruh-lahy]
- /ˈlɔr əˌlaɪ; German ˈloʊ rəˌlaɪ/

Definitions of lorelei word

noun lorelei a quasilegendary nymph of the Rhine who lured sailors to shipwreck on her rock by singing: a creation of Clemens Brentano in a poem of 1800. 1
noun lorelei a female given name. 1
noun lorelei A siren; a temptress. 1
noun lorelei (in German legend) a siren, said to dwell on a rock at the edge of the Rhine south of Koblenz, who lures boatmen to destruction 0
noun lorelei a siren whose singing on a rock in the Rhine lures sailors to shipwreck on the reefs: originally a character in literature 0

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A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 70% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for lorelei

noun lorelei

siren — Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
jezebel — Also, Douay Bible, Jezabel. the wife of Ahab, king of Israel. I Kings 16:31.
seductress — a woman who seduces.
sorceress — a woman who practices sorcery; witch.
delilah — Samson's Philistine mistress, who deprived him of his strength by cutting off his hair (Judges 16:4–22)

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