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Meaning of Lorelei | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ˈlɔːɹəlaɪ

Definitions

  1. A female given name from German.
  2. A siren; a temptress.

Equivalents

Examples

“We grew silly, tongue-tied, said foolish things we did not mean to say, shoved one another about in the boat, and finally overturned it. The loreleis laughed musical little laughs.”
“She was like a mermaid, an isolated creature that lives in fulfillment of its own senses; she lured me on, she was the lorelei of the gleaming river of traffic with its million, brilliant eyes that intermittently flowed between us.”

CEFR level

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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