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Is nabla a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word nabla is a Scrabble US word. The word nabla is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word nabla is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

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5-letter words (2 found)

BANAL,NABLA,

4-letter words (6 found)

ALAN,ALBA,ANAL,BAAL,LANA,NALA,

3-letter words (10 found)

AAL,ABA,ALA,ALB,ANA,BAA,BAL,BAN,LAB,NAB,

2-letter words (7 found)

AA,AB,AL,AN,BA,LA,NA,

You can make 25 words from nabla according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of nabla

nabla anbla nbala bnala abnla banla nalba anlba nlaba lnaba alnba lanba nblaa bnlaa nlbaa lnbaa blnaa lbnaa ablna balna albna labna blana lbana nabal anbal nbaal bnaal abnal banal naabl anabl naabl anabl aanbl aanbl nbaal bnaal nabal anbal banal abnal abanl baanl aabnl aabnl baanl abanl nalab anlab nlaab lnaab alnab lanab naalb analb naalb analb aanlb aanlb nlaab lnaab nalab anlab lanab alnab alanb laanb aalnb aalnb laanb alanb nblaa bnlaa nlbaa lnbaa blnaa lbnaa nbala bnala nabla anbla banla abnla nlaba lnaba nalba anlba lanba alnba blana lbana balna ablna labna albna ablan balan alban laban blaan lbaan abaln baaln aabln aabln baaln abaln alabn laabn aalbn aalbn laabn alabn blaan lbaan balan ablan laban alban

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Definitions and meaning of nabla

nabla

Etymology

Hebrew נֵ֤בֶל

Noun

nabla (plural nablas)

  1. A Hebrew stringed instrument.
  2. (mathematical analysis) The symbol ∇, used to denote the gradient operator.

Synonyms

  • (instrument): nebel (obsolete, possibly the same instrument)
  • (symbol): atled, del

Translations

Further reading

  • Nabla symbol on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Nevel (instrument) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • Alban, Balan, Blaan, Laban, Nabal, alban, banal, laban, labna, nabal

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: na‧bla

Noun

nabla c (plural nabla's)

  1. (mathematical analysis) nabla, ∇

Finnish

Etymology

From Hebrew נֵ֤בֶל.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnɑblɑ/, [ˈnɑ̝blɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -ɑblɑ
  • Syllabification(key): nab‧la

Noun

nabla

  1. nabla (symbol and instrument)

Declension

Derived terms

  • nablata

Anagrams

  • alban

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English nabla, from Ancient Greek νάβλα (nábla).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈna.bla/
  • Rhymes: -abla
  • Hyphenation: nà‧bla

Noun

nabla m (invariable)

  1. (mathematical analysis) nabla (the symbol ∇)

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈna.bla/, [ˈnäbɫ̪ä]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈna.bla/, [ˈnäːblä]

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek νάβλα (nábla).

Noun

nabla f (genitive nablae); first declension

  1. A kind of lyre.
Declension

First-declension noun.

Descendants
  • English: nabla

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

nabla

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of nablum

References

  • “nabla”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “nabla”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Source: wiktionary.org