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Is votive a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word votive is a Scrabble US word. The word votive is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

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Is votive a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word votive is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

V4O1T1I1V4E1

Is votive a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word votive is a Words With Friends word. The word votive is worth 14 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (1 found)

VOTIVE,

4-letter words (5 found)

VETO,VITE,VIVE,VIVO,VOTE,

3-letter words (6 found)

EVO,TIE,TOE,VET,VIE,VOE,

2-letter words (8 found)

ET,IO,IT,OE,OI,TE,TI,TO,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 21 words from votive according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of votive

votive

Etymology

From Middle French votif, from Latin vōtīvus (“votive”), from vōtum (“vow”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈvəʊ.tɪv/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈvoʊ.tɪv/
  • Rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -əʊtɪv, (General American) -oʊtɪv

Adjective

votive (comparative more votive, superlative most votive)

  1. Dedicated or given in fulfillment of a vow or pledge.
  2. (Can we clean up(+) this sense?) Of, expressing, or symbolizing a vow. Often used to describe thick cylindrical candles found in many churches, lit when making a private vow or asking a private intention.

Translations

Noun

votive (plural votives)

  1. (music) a hymn or chant dedicated to a particular saint, or to the Virgin Mary

Related terms

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vɔ.tiv/

Adjective

votive

  1. feminine singular of votif

Anagrams

  • vivote, vivoté

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /voˈti.ve/
  • Rhymes: -ive
  • Hyphenation: vo‧tì‧ve

Adjective

votive

  1. feminine plural of votivo

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /u̯oːˈtiː.u̯e/, [u̯oːˈt̪iːu̯ɛ]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /voˈti.ve/, [voˈt̪iːve]

Adjective

vōtīve

  1. vocative masculine singular of vōtīvus

References

  • votive 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)
  • “votive”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎[1]

Source: wiktionary.org