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Is calve a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word calve is a Scrabble US word. The word calve is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

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Is calve a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word calve is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

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Is calve a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word calve is a Words With Friends word. The word calve is worth 13 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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5-letter words (3 found)

CALVE,CAVEL,CLAVE,

4-letter words (9 found)

ALEC,AVEL,CAVE,LACE,LAVE,LEVA,VALE,VEAL,VELA,

3-letter words (11 found)

ACE,ALE,AVE,CAL,CEL,LAC,LAV,LEA,LEV,VAC,VAE,

2-letter words (5 found)

AE,AL,EA,EL,LA,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 29 words from calve according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of calve

calve aclve clave lcave alcve lacve cavle acvle cvale vcale avcle vacle clvae lcvae cvlae vclae lvcae vlcae alvce lavce avlce valce lvace vlace calev aclev claev lcaev alcev lacev caelv acelv cealv ecalv aeclv eaclv cleav lceav celav eclav lecav elcav alecv laecv aelcv ealcv leacv elacv cavel acvel cvael vcael avcel vacel caevl acevl ceavl ecavl aecvl eacvl cveal vceal ceval ecval vecal evcal avecl vaecl aevcl eavcl veacl evacl clvea lcvea cvlea vclea lvcea vlcea cleva lceva celva eclva lecva elcva cvela vcela cevla ecvla vecla evcla lveca vleca levca elvca velca evlca alvec lavec avlec valec lvaec vlaec alevc laevc aelvc ealvc leavc elavc avelc vaelc aevlc eavlc vealc evalc lveac vleac levac elvac velac evlac

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Definitions and meaning of calve

calve

Etymology

From Middle English calven, from Old English *calfian, cealfian, from Proto-West Germanic *kalbōn, from Proto-Germanic *kalbōną (“to calve”), from *kalbaz (“calf”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian koolvje, Dutch kalven, German Low German kalven, German kalben, Swedish kalva, Icelandic kálfa.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kɑːv/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /kæv/
  • Rhymes: -ɑːv, -æv
  • Homophone: carve (some nonrhotic accents, e.g. RP)

Verb

calve (third-person singular simple present calves, present participle calving, simple past and past participle calved)

  1. (intransitive) to give birth to a calf
  2. (intransitive) to assist in a cow's giving birth to a calf
  3. (transitive) to give birth to (a calf)
  4. (intransitive, figuratively, especially of an ice shelf, a glacier, an ice sheet, or even an iceberg) to shed a large piece, e.g. an iceberg or a smaller block of ice (coming off an iceberg)
  5. (intransitive, figuratively, especially of an iceberg) to break off
  6. (transitive, figuratively, especially of an ice shelf, a glacier, an ice sheet, or even an iceberg) to shed (a large piece, e.g. an iceberg); to set loose (a mass of ice), e.g. a block of ice (coming off an iceberg)

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Translations

Anagrams

  • clave

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkal.ve/
  • Rhymes: -alve
  • Hyphenation: càl‧ve

Adjective

calve

  1. feminine plural of calvo

Noun

calve f

  1. plural of calva

Anagrams

  • clave

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkal.u̯e/, [ˈkäɫ̪u̯ɛ]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkal.ve/, [ˈkälve]

Adjective

calve

  1. vocative masculine singular of calvus

Source: wiktionary.org