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Yes. The word chave is a Scrabble US word. The word chave is worth 13 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word chave is a Scrabble UK word and has 13 points:

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5-letter words (1 found)

CHAVE,

4-letter words (5 found)

ACHE,CAVE,CHAV,EACH,HAVE,

3-letter words (9 found)

ACE,ACH,AVE,CHA,CHE,ECH,HAE,VAC,VAE,

2-letter words (7 found)

AE,AH,CH,EA,EH,HA,HE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 23 words from chave according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of chave

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Definitions and meaning of chave

chave

Etymology

From Middle English ichave, equivalent to ch- +‎ have, from ich + have.

Contraction

chave

  1. (West Country, obsolete) I have

Synonyms

  • I've

References

  • Holloway, William (1840) A General Dictionary of Provincialisms, London: John Russell Smith, page 27

Anagrams

  • Veach

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese chave (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin clāvis, clāvem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃaβe̝/

Noun

chave f (plural chaves)

  1. key (to open doors)
    • 1416, Á. Rodríguez González (ed.), Libro do Concello de Santiago (1416-1422). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 10:
  2. key (of musical instrument)
  3. key (crucial step)
  4. wrench, spanner
  5. curly bracket
  6. faucet, tap, water tap, spigot
  7. switch (a device to turn electric current on and off or direct its flow)
  8. (wrestling) hold (position or grip used to control the opponent)
  9. (sports) a local sport or game
    Synonym: xogo da chave
  10. type of knot

Synonyms

  • (crucial step): clave
  • (faucet, tap): billa
  • (switch): interruptor

Related terms

  • caravilla
  • chaveiro
  • chavella
  • clavícula

References

  • “chave” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “chave” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “chave” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “chave” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “chave” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Middle English

Etymology

See ch-.

Verb

chave

  1. I have

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese chave (“key”), from Latin clāvis (“key”), from Proto-Italic *klāwis (“bolt, lock, bar”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂u- (“nail, pin, hook - instruments, of old use for locking doors”) (possibly through an Ancient Greek intermediate).

Cognate with Galician chave, Spanish llave, Catalan and Occitan clau, French clé, Italian chiave and Romanian cheie. Doublet of clave, a borrowing.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: (Brazil) -avi, (Portugal) -avɨ
  • Hyphenation: cha‧ve

Noun

chave f (plural chaves)

  1. key (object that opens and closes a lock)
    Chave do portão ― Key to the gate
  2. key (object that is inserted into a device and rotated to activate it)
    Chave do carro ― Car key
  3. any of several tools designed to turn screws, bolts, nuts, etc., especially a spanner
    Chave de fenda/chave de fendas ― Screwdriver
  4. (typography) curly bracket (name of the characters { and })
    Synonym: chaveta
  5. (figurative) key (crucial step, element or requirement)
  6. (figurative) keys (free access to something)
  7. (computing) key; password
    Synonym: palavra-passe
  8. (cryptography) key (a string used to encode or decode text)
  9. (databases) key (value that identifies a row in a table)
  10. (music) a key of a wind instrument
  11. (music) tuning lever; tuning wrench; hammer (tool used to tune certain stringed instruments)
  12. winder (key or knob used to wind a clockwork mechanism)
  13. (electricity) the switch of a circuit breaker
  14. (puzzles) the clue to an answer
  15. (sports) group; pool (in a tournament, a set of players or team who play against one another)
  16. (martial arts) joint lock
  17. (rail transport) the mechanism that activates a switch
  18. (architecture) the keystone of a vault
  19. (music, obsolete) Synonym of clave
  20. (taxonomy) clavis; key (groups of information used for identifying a taxon)
    chave dicotômica ― dichotomous key

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Adjective

chave (invariable)

  1. key; crucial; indispensable

See also

  • fechadura f
  • parêntese m
  • colchete m

Source: wiktionary.org