spleet

Dutch

Etymology

From splijten (“to split”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spleːt/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: spleet
• Rhymes: -eːt

Noun

spleet f (plural spleten, diminutive spleetje n)

1. crack, cleft, split
2. fissure, slit
3. (childish, especially in the diminutive) vagina
4. (vulgar) anus

Synonyms

• (crack): kier, reet
• (anus): gat, hol, reet

Derived terms

• bilspleet
• stemspleet

Descendants

• Negerhollands: split
• → Papiamentu: splet, spleet

Verb

spleet

1. singular past indicative of splijten

References

• van Veen, P.A.F., van der Sijs, Nicoline (1997) Etymologisch woordenboek: de herkomst van onze woorden (in Dutch), Utrecht, Antwerpen: Van Dale Lexicografie, →ISBN

Anagrams

• sleept, speelt, splete, tepels