kranium

Danish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κρανίον (kraníon, “skull”), via Medieval Latin cranium.

Noun

kranium

1. (anatomy) cranium (skull)

References

• “kranium” in Den Danske Ordbog

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κρανίον (kraníon, “skull”), via Medieval Latin cranium.

Noun

kranium n (definite singular kraniet, indefinite plural kranier, definite plural krania or kraniene)

1. (anatomy) cranium (skull)

References

• “kranium” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κρανίον (kraníon, “skull”), via Medieval Latin cranium.

Noun

kranium n (definite singular kraniet, indefinite plural kranium, definite plural krania)

1. (anatomy) cranium (skull)

References

• “kranium” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Alternative forms

• kranie (non-standard)

Etymology

From Latin cranium, from Ancient Greek κρανίον (kraníon, “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
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	kranium	kraniet	kranier	kranierna
Genitive	kraniums	kraniets	kraniers	kraniernas

Synonyms

• dödskalle
• skallben
• skalle

Related terms

• kranial
• kraniologi

See also

• hjärnskål
• huvudskål

References

• kranium in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• kranium in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• kranium in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)