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Is lep a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word lep is a Scrabble US word. The word lep is worth 5 points in Scrabble:

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Is lep a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word lep is a Scrabble UK word and has 5 points:

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


3 letters words from 'lep'

LEP 5PEL 5

2 letters words from 'lep'

EL 2PE 4

All 3 letters words made out of lep

lep elp lpe ple epl pel

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Definitions and meaning of lep

lep

Etymology

Short for Lepidoptera.

Noun

lep (plural leps)

  1. A butterfly or moth.

Anagrams

  • 'elp, -ple, EPL, pel

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. (literary or archaic) to cover
    Synonyms: borít, fed, takar

Usage notes

This form normally occurs when a verbal prefix is separated from the verb:

  • lep (…) be, be … lep ― belep
  • lep (…) el, el … lep ― ellep
  • lep (…) meg, meg … lep ― meglep

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • lepel

(With verbal prefixes):

References

Further reading

  • lep in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962.

Luo

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɛ̀p/

Noun

lep

  1. tongue

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

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

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

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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

Veps

Etymology

Related to Finnish leppä.

Noun

lep

  1. alder

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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