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Is alp a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word alp is a Scrabble US word. The word alp is worth 5 points in Scrabble:

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Is alp a Scrabble UK word?

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3-letter words (3 found)

ALP,LAP,PAL,

2-letter words (3 found)

AL,LA,PA,

You can make 6 words from alp according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of alp

alp

English

Etymology

Late Middle English, back-formation from alps pl, via French from Latin Alpes (“high mountains, especially those of Switzerland”). Compare Old Saxon elbon (“Alps”), Old High German Alpūn (“Alps”); Old High German alba (“alp, mountain”)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ælp/

Noun

alp (plural alps)

  1. A very high mountain. Specifically, one of the Alps, the highest chain of mountains in Europe.
  2. An alpine meadow.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

  • APL, LPA, PAL, PLA, Pal, Pla, lap, pal

Danish

Etymology

From German Alp, or maybe more specifically Alemannic German Alp.

Noun

alp c (singular definite alpen, plural indefinite alper)

  1. a tall mountain
    1. alp; the Alps
      Coordinate term: sæter

Declension

Derived terms

  • alpeland
  • alpetop

References

  • “alp” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Alternative forms

  • Alp (superseded)

Etymology

Back-formation from Alpen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑlp/
  • Hyphenation: alp
  • Rhymes: -ɑlp

Noun

alp m (plural alpen, diminutive alpje n)

  1. alp, (very) high mountain

Derived terms

Related terms

  • alm

French

Phrase

alp

  1. (Internet slang, text messaging) à la prochaine

Irish

Etymology 1

Compare English alp.

Noun

alp m (genitive singular ailp, nominative plural alpa)

  1. alp (high mountain)
Declension
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Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

alp (present analytic alpann, future analytic alpfaidh, verbal noun alpadh, past participle alptha)

  1. (transitive) devour, swallow whole
  2. (transitive) grab
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Etymology 3

Noun

alp f (genitive singular ailpe, nominative plural ailpeanna)

  1. alternative form of ailp (“lump, chunk; knob”)
Declension
Derived terms
  • alpán
  • alpóg

Etymology 4

Noun

alp m (genitive singular ailp, nominative plural alpa)

  1. alternative form of earc (“lizard; reptile”)
Declension

Mutation

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “alp”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “alp”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  • de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “alp”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
  • “alp”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025

Middle High German

Alternative forms

  • (elf, spirit): alb

Etymology

From Old High German alp (13th century), from Proto-West Germanic *albi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /ˈalp/

Noun

alp m (plural elbe or elber)

  1. elf
  2. friendly spirit, ghostly being, genius, or fairy
  3. nightmare (later meaning)

Declension

Descendants

  • German: Alb

References

  • Marshall Jones Company (1930). Mythology of All Races Series, Volume 2 Eddic, Great Britain: Marshall Jones Company, 1930, pp. 220.

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

  • ailp

Etymology

Possibly from Old Irish alp (“lump, loose mass”); see ailp.

Noun

alp f (genitive singular ailp, plural alpa)

  1. protuberance, eminence
  2. mountain

Mutation

Further reading

  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “alp”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Swedish

Etymology

From French Alpes (“Alps”).

Noun

alp c

  1. alp; a mountain in the Alps

Declension

Related terms

  • Alperna

References

  • James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Alp”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC.

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish آلپ (alp), from Proto-Turkic *alp (“difficult, hard; warrior, hero, brave; giant, landlord”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰞𐰯 (l¹p /⁠alp⁠/), Khakas алып (alıp, “hero”), Kazakh алып (alyp, “giant”), Tatar алып (alıp, “giant”), Yakut алып (alıp, “craftiness, deception, magic”), Uyghur ئالپ (alp, “hero; giant”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑlp/

Adjective

alp

  1. brave, hero

References

  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “alp”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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