kranium

Swedish

Etymology

From Latin cranium, from Ancient Greek κρανίον (kranion, “skull”), used in Swedish since 1798.

Noun

kranium n

1. a cranium, a skull (the bones of the head)

Declension

Declension of kranium

	singular		plural
Neuter	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kranium	kraniet	kranier	kranierna
genitive	kraniums	kraniets	kraniers	kraniernas

Related terms

• kranial
• kraniologi

Synonyms

• dödskalle
• huvudskål
• skallben
• skalle

References

• kranium in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)
• kranium in Svenska Akademiens ordbok online.