Alp in Scrabble Dictionary

Valid words made from Alp

You can make 6 words from 'alp' in our Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

• 3 letters words from 'alp'
• 2 letters words from 'alp'

3 letters words from 'alp'

ALP 5	LAP 5
PAL 5

2 letters words from 'alp'

AL 2	LA 2
PA 4

Definitions and meaning of alp

alp

Etymology

Back-formation from alps pl, from Latin alpes (“high mountains, especially those of Switzerland”), of Celtic or Germanic origin (compare Old Saxon elbon (“Alps”), Old High German Alpūn (“Alps”); Old High German alba (“alp, mountain”)), probably from Proto-Indo-European *albʰós (“white”).

Noun

alp (plural alps)

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

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

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

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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• Alp (superseded)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

Related terms

• alm

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French

Phrase

alp

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

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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

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Verb

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

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

Conjugation

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Etymology 3

Noun

alp f (genitive singular ailpe, nominative plural ailpeanna)

1. Alternative form of ailp (“lump, chunk; knob”)

Declension

Etymology 4

Noun

alp m (genitive singular ailp, nominative plural alpa)

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

Declension

Mutation

Further reading

• "alp" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “alp”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Entries containing “alp” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “alp” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

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Middle High German

Alternative forms

• (elf, spirit): alb

Etymology

From Old High German alp (13th century), from Proto-Germanic *albiz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *albʰós.

Noun

alp m (plural elbe or elber)

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

Descendants

• German: Alb

References

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

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Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• ailp

Etymology

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

Noun

alp f (genitive singular ailp, plural alpa)

1. protuberance, eminence
2. mountain

Mutation

Further reading

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

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Swedish

Etymology

From French Alpes (“Alps”)

Noun

alp c

1. alp; a mountain in the Alps

Declension

References

• Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.

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Turkish

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *ălp (“difficult, hard; warrior, hero, brave; giant, landlord”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰞𐰯‎ (alp).

Adjective

alp (comparative daha alp, superlative en alp)

1. brave, hero

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) , “alp”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Sergei Starostin, Vladimir Dybo, Oleg Mudrak (2003), Etymological Dictionary of the Altaic Languages, Leiden: Brill Academic Publishers (Etymology: *ălp)

Source: wiktionary.org

• a high mountain.
  (source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)

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