àlep

Uncertain. Possible sources include:

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

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈa.ləp]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈa.lep]

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àlep m (plural àleps)

1. blade (of a turbine)

• “àlep”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “àlep” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.