skelet
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Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Late Latin sceletus, from Ancient Greek σκελετός (skeletós).
Noun edit
skelet (plural skelets)
References edit
- “skelet”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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Etymology edit
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”).
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skelet m (plural skeletë, definite skeleti, definite plural skeletët)
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Etymology edit
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”).
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skelet n (plural skeletten, diminutive skeletje n)
- skeleton (support structure of an organism; ensemble of animal bones)
- Synonym: geraamte
- (figurative) frame, skeleton (supporting frame of an inanimate or non-animal object or entity)
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- bouwskelet
- dierenskelet
- endoskelet
- exoskelet
- kraakbeenskelet
- skeletaal
- skeletbouw
- skeletnaald
- skeletspier
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Noun edit
skèlet m (Cyrillic spelling скѐлет)