skunks

See also: Skunks

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skʌŋks/
• Rhymes: -ʌŋks

Noun

skunks

1. plural of skunk

Verb

skunks

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of skunk

French

Alternative forms

• sconce
• scons
• sconse (post-1990 spelling)
• scunse
• skons
• skongs
• skuns

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skɔ̃s/

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Noun

skunks m (plural skunks)

1. skunk

   Synonyms: mouffette f; (Louisiana) bête-puante f

Synonyms

• moufette

Descendants

• → Romanian: sconcs

Further reading

• “skunks”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English skunks, plural of skunk, from an unattested Southern New England Algonquian word, cognate with Abenaki segôgw, from Proto-Algonquian *šeka·kwa, from *šek-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skuŋks/

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• Rhymes: -uŋks
• Syllabification: skunks

Noun

skunks m animal

1. skunk (mephitid)

   Synonym: śmierdziel

Declension

Declension of skunks

	singular	plural
nominative	skunks	skunksy
genitive	skunksa	skunksów
dative	skunksowi	skunksom
accusative	skunksa	skunksy
instrumental	skunksem	skunksami
locative	skunksie	skunksach
vocative	skunksie	skunksy

Further reading

• skunks in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• skunks in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swedish

Noun

skunks

1. indefinite genitive singular of skunk