alec
Syllables: Al·ec/ˈælɪk/
alec noun: an anchovy or herring, especially pickled or dried.
Noun
alec (countable and uncountable, plural alecs)
Proper noun (1) capitalized: ALEC
ALEC
- Initialism of American Legislative Exchange Council.
Proper noun (2) capitalized: Alec
Alec
- A diminutive of the male given name Alexander, from Ancient Greek, of Scottish origin.
alec meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
alec in Hindi
- एलेक
alec in Tamil
- அலெக், ஏலேக்
alec in Marathi
- एलेक, अलेक
alec in Urdu
- الیک, آلیک
More languagesFewer languages
- alec in Bengali
- অ্যালেক, আলেক
- alec in Telugu
- అలెక్, ఆలేక్, అలేక్
- alec in Malayalam
- അലക്, അലെക്, അലെക്ക്
- alec in Kannada
- ಅಲೆಕ್, ಆಲೆಕ್
- alec in Punjabi
- ਐਲੇਕ, ਏਲੇਕ, ਏਲੈਕ
- alec in Gujarati
- એલેક, અલેક
- alec in Odia
- ଆଲେକ୍, ଏଲେକ୍, ଆଲେକ
- alec in Nepali
- एलेक
Forms of alec
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | alecs |
| Proper noun | |
| alternative form | Aleck |
| alternative form | Alek |
Origin of alec
Borrowed from Latin alec (“herring”).
Clipping of Alexander.
Words formed from alec
Phrases with alec
Questions about alec
- What does alec mean?
- Alec means an anchovy or herring, especially pickled or dried.
- What is alec in Hindi?
- Alec in Hindi is एलेक. See Alec meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is alec?
- Alec can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce alec?
- Alec is pronounced /ˈælɪk/.
- What is the plural of alec?
- The plural of alec is alecs.
Words near alec in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: alec (page history and authors); ALEC (page history and authors); Alec (page history and authors); alec (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); alec (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); alec (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); alec (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); alec (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); alec (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); alec (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); alec (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); alec (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); alec (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); alec (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); alec (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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