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Is talea a Scrabble word?

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

T1A1L1E1A1

Is talea a Scrabble UK word?

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

T1A1L1E1A1

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5-letter words (2 found)

ALATE,TALEA,

4-letter words (9 found)

ALAE,LATE,LEAT,TAAL,TAEL,TALA,TALE,TEAL,TELA,

3-letter words (14 found)

AAL,ALA,ALE,ALT,ATE,EAT,ELT,ETA,LAT,LEA,LET,TAE,TEA,TEL,

2-letter words (10 found)

AA,AE,AL,AT,EA,EL,ET,LA,TA,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 36 words from talea according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of talea

talea

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin talea, of uncertain origin. Possibly connected with Latin tālea (“cutting; scion”).

Noun

talea (plural taleae)

  1. (music) A repeated rhythmic pattern used in isorhythm.

Anagrams

  • Altea, alate

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tālea (“cutting; scion”).

Noun

talea f (plural talee)

  1. cutting, scion

Related terms

  • taleaggio

Anagrams

  • alate, altea

Latin

Etymology

Of unclear origin. Traditionally derived from Proto-Indo-European *teh₂l- (“to grow; young animal”) and compared with Ancient Greek τᾶλῐς (tâlĭs, “maiden, bride”), but the existence of this root, as well as the cognacy of the Greek term, has been called into question. The only other viable etymology that has been described in the literature considers the term as a derivative of tālus (“ankle, knuckle”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈtaː.ɫe.a]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈt̪aː.le.a]

Noun

tālea f (genitive tāleae); first declension

  1. A long or slender piece of wood or metal; rod, stick, stake, bar.
  2. A cutting, set or layer for planting.
  3. (by extension) A scion, twig, sprig.

Declension

First-declension noun.

Synonyms

  • (rod): virga
  • (scion): virga

Derived terms

  • tāleola
  • taliō
  • taleāre

Descendants

  • → Italian: talea

References

Further reading

  • “talea”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “talea”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • "talea", 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)
  • talea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Source: wiktionary.org