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Is gavial a Scrabble word?

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

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Is gavial a Scrabble UK word?

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

G2A1V4I1A1L1

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6-letter words (1 found)

GAVIAL,

5-letter words (3 found)

AGILA,AVAIL,VAGAL,

4-letter words (12 found)

AIGA,ALGA,AVAL,GALA,GILA,GLIA,LAVA,VAGI,VAIL,VALI,VIAL,VIGA,

3-letter words (13 found)

AAL,AGA,AIA,AIL,ALA,AVA,GAL,LAG,LAV,LIG,VAG,VIA,VIG,

2-letter words (7 found)

AA,AG,AI,AL,GI,LA,LI,

You can make 36 words from gavial according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of gavial

gavial

Wikispecies

Alternative forms

  • gharial, gharrial, ghavial

Etymology

From Hindi घड़ियाल (ghaṛiyāl).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡeɪ.vi.əl/

Noun

gavial (plural gavials)

  1. The crocodilian Gavialis gangeticus; any species of the family Gavialidae.

Usage notes

Technically, extending the definition to family Gavialidae results in including just one other extant species: the false gavial (Tomistoma schlegelii). However, the subfamily Tomistominae is often (perhaps usually) excluded from Gavialidae.

Synonyms

  • (Gavialis gangeticus): fish-eating crocodile, gharial, Indian gharial
  • (any species of Gavialidae): gavialid

Derived terms

  • false gavial (Tomistoma schlegelii)

Related terms

  • gavialid

Translations

See also

  • caiman
  • Gavialis

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French gavial, from Hindi घड़ियाल (ghaṛiyāl, “alligator, crocodile”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [ɡə.βiˈal]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic) [ɡə.viˈal]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [ɡa.viˈal]

Noun

gavial m (plural gavials)

  1. gavial (Gavialis gangeticus)

Derived terms

  • fals gavial

Further reading

  • “gavial” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi घड़ियाल (ghaṛiyāl, “alligator, crocodile”).

Pronunciation

Noun

gavial m (plural gaviaux)

  1. gavial

Further reading

  • “gavial”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French gavial, from Hindi घड़ियाल (ghaṛiyāl, “alligator, crocodile”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡaviˈal/
  • Hyphenation: ga‧vi‧al

Noun

gavial m (plural gaviali)

  1. gavial

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French gavial, from Hindi घड़ियाल (ghaṛiyāl, “alligator, crocodile”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡaˈbjal/ [ɡaˈβ̞jal]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: ga‧vial

Noun

gavial m (plural gaviales)

  1. gavial, gharial

Further reading

  • “gavial”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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