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alphin

alphin is the alternative form of alfin.

Meaning of alfin

Noun

alfin (plural alfins)

  1. (historical) A bishop.

Proper noun capitalized: Alphin

Alphin (plural Alphins)

  1. A surname from Scottish Gaelic.

Forms of alphin

Noun
pluralalphins
Proper noun
pluralAlphins
alternative formAllphin

Origin of alphin

Reduced form of McAlpine.

Questions about alphin

What does alphin mean?
Alphin means a surname from Scottish Gaelic.
What is alphin the alternative form of?
Alphin is the alternative form of alfin.
What part of speech is alphin?
Alphin is a proper noun.

Words near alphin in the dictionary

  1. Alpheratz
  2. alphette
  3. alphettes
  4. Alpheus
  5. Alpheus Valley
  6. alphin
  7. Alphington
  8. alphins
  9. alphitomancy
  10. alphoid
  11. alphol

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Adapted from Wiktionary: alphin (page history and authors); Alphin (page history and authors); alfin (page history and authors). 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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