àlep

Catalan

Etymology

Uncertain. Possible sources include:

Latin ālipēs (“wing-footed”)
Latin alapa (“slap, smack”)
Arabic دَوْلَاب‎ (dawlāb, “waterwheel”)

Pronunciation

(Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ləp/

(Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈa.lep/

Noun

àlep m (plural àleps)

blade (of a turbine)

Further reading

“àlep” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
“àlep” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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