laurel
Spanish, noun/lauˈɾel/
laurel is spelled L-A-U-R-E-L (6 letters) and appears 4.6 times per million words in written Spanish, the 12,773rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Laurel is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “laurel” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Premio en forma de corona hecho con dos ramas trenzadas de laurel₁”.
What does laurel mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinelaurel
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. (Laurus nobilis) Árbol lauráceo de hojas olorosas y madera resistente, considerado símbolo de victoria entre los antiguos griegos y romanos y usado en la cocina como especia. 2. Premio en forma de corona hecho con dos ramas trenzadas de laurel₁. 3. Premio, corona, triunfo, victoria. 4. (Laurelia sempervirens) Por analogía, árbol de la familia de las monimiáceas, de hojas y madera olorosa, que habita en el centro-sur de Chile y en zonas aledañas de Argentina. Se considera una planta sagrada en las creencias del pueblo huilliche.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of laurel
- laureles plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce laurel?
- /lauˈɾel/
- [lau̯ˈɾel]
- [lawˈɾel]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to laurel
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is laurel in Spanish?
laurel appears 4.6 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).