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Is avel a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word avel is a Scrabble US word. The word avel is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

A1V4E1L1

Is avel a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word avel is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

A1V4E1L1

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4-letter words (6 found)

AVEL,LAVE,LEVA,VALE,VEAL,VELA,

3-letter words (6 found)

ALE,AVE,LAV,LEA,LEV,VAE,

2-letter words (5 found)

AE,AL,EA,EL,LA,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 18 words from avel according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of avel

avel vael aevl eavl veal eval avle vale alve lave vlae lvae aelv ealv alev laev elav leav vela evla vlea lvea elva leva

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Definitions and meaning of avel

avel

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin āvellō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /əˈvɛl/
  • Rhymes: -ɛl

Verb

avel (third-person singular simple present avels, present participle avelling, simple past and past participle avelled)

  1. (transitive, obsolete) To pull away.

Anagrams

  • Leva, Vale, Veal, Vela, eval, lave, leva, vale, veal, vela

Breton

Etymology

From Middle Breton avel, from Old Breton auel, from Proto-Brythonic *awel (“wind”), from Proto-Celtic *awelā (“wind, breeze”) (compare Cornish awel and Welsh awel).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑːvɛl/, /ˈɑːwɛl/

Noun

avel f

  1. wind

Synonyms

  • (literary, archaic) gwent

Cypriot Arabic

Etymology

From *avel cimplavel, from Arabic أَوَّل (ʔawwal).

Adverb

avel

  1. the year before last

References

  • Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 148

Ladino

Etymology

From Hebrew אוויר (avír), from Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr).

Noun

avel m (Latin spelling)

  1. air

Further reading

  • Aitor García Moreno, editor (2013–), “aver”, in Diccionario Histórico Judeoespañol (in Spanish), CSIC
  • Joseph Nehama, Jesús Cantera (1977) “avér”, in Dictionnaire du Judéo-Espagnol (in French), Madrid: CSIC, →ISBN, page 69
  • Elli Kohen & Dahlia Kohen-Gordon (2000) “aver”, in Ladino–English Concise Encyclopedic Dictionary, Hippocrene Books, →ISBN, page 51

Romani

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀆𑀯𑁂𑀤𑀺 (āvedi), from Sanskrit आपयति (āpayati), from the root आप् (āp).

Verb

avel

  1. to come

References

  • Yaron Matras (2002) “Historical and linguistic origins”, in Romani: A Linguistic Introduction‎[1], Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 39
  • Yūsuke Sumi (2018) “avel (avilǎs)”, in ニューエクスプレスプラス　ロマ（ジプシー）語 [New Express Plus Romani (Gypsy)] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Hakusuisha, published 2021, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 146

Swedish

Noun

avel c

  1. selective breeding (of animals)

Usage notes

Just "breeding" might sound more natural as a translation. Compare uppfödning (“breeding”), which is possibly less selective.

Declension

Derived terms

  • avelshingst (“stud horse”)

Related terms

  • avla (“to breed”)

See also

  • uppfödning (“breeding”)

References

  • avel in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • avel in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • avel in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Source: wiktionary.org