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Yes. The word steppe is a Scrabble US word. The word steppe is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

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Is steppe a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word steppe is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

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6-letter words (1 found)

STEPPE,

5-letter words (2 found)

PEEPS,STEEP,

4-letter words (10 found)

PEEP,PEES,PEPS,PEST,PETS,SEEP,SEPT,SPET,STEP,TEES,

3-letter words (10 found)

EST,PEE,PEP,PES,PET,PST,SEE,SET,TEE,TES,

2-letter words (6 found)

EE,ES,ET,PE,ST,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 30 words from steppe according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of steppe

steppe

Etymology

From German Steppe or French steppe, in turn from Russian степь (stepʹ, “flat grassy plain”) or Ukrainian степ (step). There is no generally accepted earlier etymology, but there is a speculative Old East Slavic reconstruction *сътепь (sŭtepĭ, “trampled place, flat, bare”), related to топот (topot), топтать (toptatĭ).

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /stɛp/
  • Rhymes: -ɛp
  • Homophone: step

Noun

steppe (countable and uncountable, plural steppes)

  1. The grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia. Similar to (North American) prairie and (African) savanna. [from 1671]
  2. A vast, cold, dry grass-plain.

Usage notes

Although it may be the steppe biome, one would not normally speak of the steppes of Canada, whereas one would speak of the steppes of Asia or the steppes of Russia.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

  • US prairie
  • savanna
  • plain
  • (South African) veld
  • (South American) pampa

References

  • Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “степ”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka

Further reading

  • steppe on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • Estepp

Danish

Noun

steppe c (definite singular steppen, indefinite plural stepper, definite plural stepperne)

  1. steppe (large treeless grass plain)

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from German Steppe or French steppe, from Russian степь (stepʹ, “flat grassy plain”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈstɛpə/
  • Hyphenation: step‧pe
  • Rhymes: -ɛpə

Noun

steppe f (plural steppes, diminutive steppetje n)

  1. steppe

Derived terms

  • steppehoen
  • steppekiekendief
  • steppekievit
  • steppenroller

French

Etymology

From Russian степь (stepʹ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /stɛp/

Noun

steppe f (plural steppes)

  1. steppe

Derived terms

  • aigle des steppes

Descendants

  • → Italian: steppa
  • → Romanian: stepă
  • → Turkish: step

Further reading

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

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃtɛpə/

Verb

steppe

  1. inflection of steppen:
    1. first-person singular present
    2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
    3. singular imperative

Italian

Noun

steppe f

  1. plural of steppa

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • stap, stape, steape, steepe, step, stepe

Etymology

From Old English stæpe, stepe, from Proto-West Germanic *stapi. The (historical) geminate is due to the influence of steppen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈstɛp(ə)/, /ˈstɛːp(ə)/, /ˈstap(ə)/, /ˈstaːp(ə)/

Noun

steppe (plural steppes)

  1. A step, pace (movement of the foot)
  2. A step or stair; an individual landing of a set of stairs.
  3. An imprint or sign of something; that which something leaves as evidence:
    1. The imprint left by a step; a footprint or track.
    2. The imprint left by a thing, person or phenomenon (extant or former)
    3. (figurative) The remains left by an injury or disease.
  4. The bottom region of the foot; the sole.
  5. A phase, step or tier as part of a scale or process.
  6. (figurative) A move, action or direction (towards an objective).
  7. (rare) The length covered by a step (as a unit of length, ~2.5 feet)
  8. (rare) The ground; a foothold or stepping-place.
  9. (rare) A group or a thing that is part of it.

Descendants

  • English: step
  • Scots: step, stap, stop

References

  • “step, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-11-1.

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

steppe m (definite singular steppen, indefinite plural stepper, definite plural steppene)

  1. steppe (large treeless grass plain)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

steppe f (definite singular steppa, indefinite plural stepper, definite plural steppene)

  1. steppe (large treeless grass plain)

Source: wiktionary.org