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Is pelta a Scrabble word?

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

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Is pelta a Scrabble UK word?

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

P3E1L1T1A1

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5-letter words (8 found)

LEAPT,LEPTA,PALET,PELTA,PETAL,PLATE,PLEAT,TEPAL,

4-letter words (18 found)

LATE,LEAP,LEAT,LEPT,PALE,PATE,PEAL,PEAT,PELA,PELT,PLAT,PLEA,TAEL,TALE,TAPE,TEAL,TELA,TEPA,

3-letter words (23 found)

ALE,ALP,ALT,APE,APT,ATE,EAT,ELT,ETA,LAP,LAT,LEA,LEP,LET,PAL,PAT,PEA,PEL,PET,TAE,TAP,TEA,TEL,

2-letter words (11 found)

AE,AL,AT,EA,EL,ET,LA,PA,PE,TA,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 61 words from pelta according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of pelta

pelta eplta pleta lpeta elpta lepta petla eptla ptela tpela etpla tepla pltea lptea ptlea tplea ltpea tlpea eltpa letpa etlpa telpa ltepa tlepa pelat eplat pleat lpeat elpat lepat pealt epalt paelt apelt eaplt aeplt plaet lpaet palet aplet lapet alpet elapt leapt ealpt aelpt laept alept petal eptal pteal tpeal etpal tepal peatl epatl paetl apetl eaptl aeptl ptael tpael patel aptel tapel atpel etapl teapl eatpl aetpl taepl atepl pltae lptae ptlae tplae ltpae tlpae plate lpate palte aplte lapte alpte ptale tpale patle aptle taple atple ltape tlape latpe altpe talpe atlpe eltap letap etlap telap lteap tleap elatp leatp ealtp aeltp laetp aletp etalp tealp eatlp aetlp taelp atelp ltaep tlaep latep altep talep atlep

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Definitions and meaning of pelta

pelta

Etymology

Latin , a shield, from Ancient Greek πέλτη (péltē, “shield”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɛltə/
  • Homophone: pelter (non-rhotic accents)

Noun

pelta (plural peltas or peltae)

  1. (historical) A small shield, especially one of an approximately elliptical form, or crescent-shaped.
  2. (art, historical) A crescent-shaped design used in mosaics.
  3. (botany) A flat apothecium with no rim.
  4. (microbiology) A crescent-shaped sheet of microtubules that encircles the base of the flagella of a protozoan.

Related terms

Anagrams

  • -petal, Patel, Plate, leapt, lepta, palet, petal, plate, platé, pleat, tepal

French

Noun

pelta f (plural peltas)

  1. pelte

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pelta, from Ancient Greek πέλτη (péltē).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɛl.ta/
  • Rhymes: -ɛlta
  • Hyphenation: pèl‧ta

Noun

pelta f (plural pelte)

  1. (historical) pelta (shield)
    Hypernym: scudo

Related terms

  • peltato

Further reading

  • pelta in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

  • talpe

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πέλτη (péltē).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpel.ta/, [ˈpɛɫ̪t̪ä]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpel.ta/, [ˈpɛl̪t̪ä]

Noun

pelta f (genitive peltae); first declension

  1. a small crescent-shaped shield of Thracian design.

Declension

First-declension noun.

Related terms

  • peltasta, peltastes
  • peltātus
  • peltifer

References

  • “pelta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “pelta”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • pelta in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • pelta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “pelta”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “pelta”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpelta/ [ˈpel̪.t̪a]
  • Rhymes: -elta
  • Syllabification: pel‧ta

Noun

pelta f (plural peltas)

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Further reading

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

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