skelet

English

Alternative forms

• scelet

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin sceletus, from Ancient Greek σκελετός (skeletós).

Noun

skelet (plural skelets)

1. (obsolete) A skeleton.

References

• “skelet”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Tekles

Afrikaans

Etymology

Inherited 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

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σκελετός (skeletós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skɛˈlɛt/

Noun

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

1. skeleton

   Synonym: zgorre

Declension

Declension of skelet

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	skelet	skeleti	skeletë	skeletët
accusative		skeletin
dative	skeleti	skeletit	skeletëve	skeletëve
ablative			skeletësh

Related terms

• skeletor

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/

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• 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. (figurative) 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

• Afrikaans: skelet
• → Papiamentu: skelèt, skalet

Anagrams

• kletse

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σκελετός (skeletós).

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

West Frisian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σκελετός (skeletós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skəlɛt/

Noun

skelet n (plural skeletten, diminutive skeletsje)

1. skeleton