skelet

English

Etymology

See scelet and skeleton.

Noun

skelet (plural skelets)

  1. (obsolete) A skeleton.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for skelet in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch skelet, from German Skelett, from Ancient Greek σκελετός (skeletós, “dried up, withered, dried body, parched, mummy”), from σκελλώ (skellṓ, “to dry, dry up, to make dry, to parch”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelh₁- (“to parch, wither”).

Noun

skelet (plural skelette, diminutive skeletjie)

  1. skeleton
    Synonym: geraamte

Albanian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /skɛˈlɛt/

Noun

skelet m (indefinite plural skeletë, definite singular skeleti, definite plural skeletët)

  1. skeleton

Declension
declension of skelet
indefinite forms
(trajta të pashquara)		 definite forms
(trajta të shquara)
singular
(numri njëjës)		 plural
(numri shumës)		 singular
(numri njëjës)		 plural
(numri shumës)
nominative
(emërore)		 skelet skeletë skeleti skeletët
accusative
(kallëzore)		 skelet skeletë skeletin skeletët
genitive
(gjinore)
(i/e/të/së)		 skeleti skeletëve skeletit skeletëve
dative
(dhanore)		 skeleti skeletëve skeletit skeletëve
ablative
(rrjedhore)		 skeleti skeletësh skeletit skeletëve
  • skeletor

Synonyms
  • zgorre

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from German Skelett, from Ancient Greek σκελετός (skeletós, “dried up, withered, dried body, parched, mummy”), from σκελλώ (skellṓ, “to dry, dry up, to make dry, to parch”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelh₁- (“to parch, wither”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /skəˈlɛt/, /skeːˈlɛt/
  • audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: ske‧let
  • Rhymes: -ɛt

Noun

skelet n (plural skeletten, diminutive skeletje n)

  1. skeleton (support structure of an organism; ensemble of animal bones)
    Synonym: geraamte
  2. (figuratively) frame, skeleton (supporting frame of an inanimate or non-animal object or entity)

Derived terms
  • bouwskelet
  • dierenskelet
  • endoskelet
  • exoskelet
  • kraakbeenskelet
  • skeletaal
  • skeletbouw
  • skeletnaald
  • skeletspier

Descendants

Anagrams

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

skèlet m (Cyrillic spelling скѐлет)

  1. (anatomy) skeleton

Declension
Declension of skelet
singular plural
nominative skèlet skeleti
genitive skeleta skȅlētā
dative skeletu skeletima
accusative skelet skelete
vocative skelete skeleti
locative skeletu skeletima
instrumental skeletom skeletima
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