Lep in Scrabble Dictionary

Valid words made from Lep

You can make 5 words from 'lep' in our Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

• 3 letters words from 'lep'
• 2 letters words from 'lep'

3 letters words from 'lep'

LEP 5

PEL 5

2 letters words from 'lep'

EL 2

PE 4

Definitions and meaning of lep

lep

Etymology

Short for Lepidoptera.

Noun

lep (plural leps)

1. A butterfly or moth.

Anagrams

• 'elp, -ple, EPL, pel

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Hungarian

Etymology

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *läppɜ (“roof, cover”). Cognate with Udmurt липыны (lipyny, “covering, roof”) and Lule Sami liehpa/liehppa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ ˈlɛp]
• Rhymes: -ɛp

Verb

lep

1. to cover

Conjugation

Derived terms

• lepel
• meglep

References

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Luo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɛ̀p/

Noun

lep

1. tongue

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Polish

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *lě̑pъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɛp/

Noun

lep m inan

1. flypaper (“a strip of paper coated with a sticky, often poisonous, substance that catches and kills flies that land on it”)

Declension

Related terms

• (adjectives) lepki, lepowy
• (noun) lepiszcze
• (verb) lepić

Noun

lep f

1. genitive plural of lepa

Verb

lep

1. second-person singular imperative of lepić

Further reading

• lep in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• lep in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• (Ijekavian): lijȇp
• (Ikavian): lip

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *lěpъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lêːp/

Adjective

lȇp (definite lȇpī, comparative lȅpšī, Cyrillic spelling ле̑п)

1. nice, pretty

Declension

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Slovene

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *lěpъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /léːp/

Adjective

lẹ̑p (comparative lẹ̑pši, superlative nȁjlẹ̑pši)

1. beautiful; handsome

   Antonym: gȓd

2. nice

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Related terms

• lepóten
• lepóta
• lepótec / lepotíca
• lẹ̑pšati

Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /léːp/

Noun

lẹ̑p m inan

1. (archaic) glue

   Synonym: lepílo

Inflection

Further reading

• “lep”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

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Veps

Etymology

Related to Finnish leppä.

Noun

lep

1. alder

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Volapük

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [lep]

Noun

lep (nominative plural leps)

1. (male or female) ape
2. (male or female) monkey

Declension

Derived terms

• lepik

Related terms

• lif
• lifav
• sügaf
• süganim
• süganimav
• nim
• nimav

Source: wiktionary.org

• (dialect) to leap.
  (source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)

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