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Is minaret a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word minaret is a Scrabble US word. The word minaret is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

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Is minaret a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word minaret is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

M3I1N1A1R1E1T1

Is minaret a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word minaret is a Words With Friends word. The word minaret is worth 11 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

M4I1N2A1R1E1T1

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7-letter words (3 found)

MERANTI,MINARET,RAIMENT,

6-letter words (17 found)

AIRMEN,ETAMIN,IMARET,INMATE,MAINER,MARINE,MARTEN,MARTIN,MATIER,MINTER,RATINE,REMAIN,REMINT,RETAIN,RETINA,TAMEIN,TAMINE,

5-letter words (51 found)

AIMER,AMENT,AMINE,AMRIT,ANIME,ANTRE,ARMET,EARNT,ENARM,ENTIA,INARM,INERM,INERT,INTER,INTRA,IRATE,MAIRE,MANET,MATER,MATIN,MEANT,MEINT,MENTA,MERIT,MINAE,MINAR,MINER,MITER,MITRE,NAMER,NITER,NITRE,RAINE,RAMEN,RAMET,RAMIE,RAMIN,REMAN,REMIT,RETIA,RIANT,RIMAE,TAMER,TAMIN,TENIA,TERAI,TIMER,TINEA,TRAIN,TREMA,TRINE,

4-letter words (79 found)

AINE,AIRN,AIRT,AMEN,AMIE,AMIN,AMIR,ANTE,ANTI,ARET,ARTI,EARN,EINA,EMIR,EMIT,ETNA,ITEM,MAIN,MAIR,MANE,MANI,MARE,MART,MATE,MEAN,MEAT,MEIN,MENT,MERI,META,MIEN,MINA,MINE,MINT,MIRE,MITE,NAME,NARE,NEAR,NEAT,NEMA,NITE,RAIN,RAIT,RAMI,RANI,RANT,RATE,REAM,REAN,REIN,RENT,RIEM,RIMA,RIME,RINE,RITE,TAIN,TAME,TANE,TARE,TARN,TEAM,TEAR,TEIN,TERM,TERN,TIAN,TIAR,TIER,TIME,TINA,TINE,TIRE,TRAM,TREM,TRIE,TRIM,TRIN,

3-letter words (58 found)

AIM,AIN,AIR,AIT,AME,AMI,ANE,ANI,ANT,ARE,ARM,ART,ATE,EAN,EAR,EAT,ERA,ERM,ERN,ETA,IRE,ITA,MAE,MAN,MAR,MAT,MEN,MET,MIR,MNA,NAE,NAM,NAT,NET,NIE,NIM,NIT,RAI,RAM,RAN,RAT,REI,REM,REN,RET,RIA,RIM,RIN,RIT,TAE,TAI,TAM,TAN,TAR,TEA,TEN,TIE,TIN,

2-letter words (22 found)

AE,AI,AM,AN,AR,AT,EA,EM,EN,ER,ET,IN,IT,MA,ME,MI,NA,NE,RE,TA,TE,TI,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 231 words from minaret according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of minaret

minaret

Etymology

First attested in 1682. Borrowed from French minaret, from Ottoman Turkish مناره (Turkish minare), from Arabic مَنَارَة (manāra, “lighthouse”). See note on pronunciations and borrowing of words with ـَة (-a). From the same Proto-Semitic root *nūr- (“fire”) as menorah.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈmɪnəɹɛt/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /mɪnəˈɹɛt/

Noun

minaret (plural minarets)

  1. The tall slender tower of an Islamic mosque, from which the muezzin recites the adhan (call to prayer).

Translations

Anagrams

  • Inter-Am., Reitman, Tremain, antimer, antmire, artemin, matrine, meranti, raiment, trimean

Czech

Noun

minaret m inan

  1. minaret (tall slender tower of an Islamic mosque)

Declension

Further reading

  • minaret in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • minaret in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French minaret, from Ottoman Turkish مناره (Turkish minare), from Arabic مَنَارَة (manāra, “lighthouse”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌmi.naːˈrɛt/
  • Hyphenation: mi‧na‧ret
  • Rhymes: -ɛt

Noun

minaret f or m (plural minaretten, diminutive minaretje n)

  1. minaret

Derived terms

  • minaretverbod

Descendants

  • → Papiamentu: minarèt

French

Etymology

First attested in 1606. Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish مناره (Turkish minare), from Arabic مَنَارَة (manāra, “lighthouse”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mi.na.ʁɛ/

Noun

minaret m (plural minarets)

  1. minaret

Further reading

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

Anagrams

  • marient, martien, Martien, Martine, mentira, termina

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from French minaret, from Ottoman Turkish مناره (Turkish minare), from Arabic مَنَارَة (manāra, “lighthouse”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈminɒrɛt]
  • Hyphenation: mi‧na‧ret
  • Rhymes: -ɛt

Noun

minaret (plural minaretek)

  1. minaret

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • minaret in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch minaret, from French minaret, from Ottoman Turkish مناره (Turkish minare), from Arabic مَنَارَة (manāra, “lighthouse”). Doublet of menara and menorah.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /miˈnarɛt/
  • Hyphenation: mi‧na‧rèt

Noun

minarèt (first-person possessive minaretku, second-person possessive minaretmu, third-person possessive minaretnya)

  1. minaret.

Related terms

Further reading

  • “minaret” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Latin

Verb

mināret

  1. third-person singular imperfect active subjunctive of minō

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French minaret, from Ottoman Turkish مناره (Turkish minare), from Arabic مَنَارَة (manāra).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /miˈna.rɛt/
  • Rhymes: -arɛt
  • Syllabification: mi‧na‧ret

Noun

minaret m inan

  1. (Islam) minaret

Declension

Further reading

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French minaret.

Noun

minaret n (plural minarete)

  1. minaret

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from French minaret, from Ottoman Turkish مناره (Turkish minare), from Arabic مَنَارَة (manāra, “lighthouse”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /minǎːret/
  • Hyphenation: mi‧na‧ret

Noun

mináret m (Cyrillic spelling мина́рет)

  1. minaret
    Synonym: munára

Declension

Swedish

Noun

minaret c

  1. a minaret

Declension

See also

  • böneutrop
  • moské

References

  • minaret in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • minaret in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • minaret in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Source: wiktionary.org