Meaning

1 senses
  1. A garland of flowers in Hawaii.

    ле́иléi, лейlej

More definitions
  • flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes

Examples

1 sentences
  1. We crash-landed in the Pacific and swam to Hawaii, where we had magical floating leis thrown at us.

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Translations

1 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
garland of flowers in Hawaii:

Origin

Borrowed from Hawaiian lei.

Borrowed from Hawaiian lei.

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Forms

plural: leis
Singularlei
Pluralleis

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
lei — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto