squelettique
French
editEtymology
editFrom squelette (“skeleton”) + -ique (forms adjectives from nouns).
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /skə.lɛ.tik/ ~ /skə.le.tik/
- Homophone: squelettiques
- Rhymes: -ik
Adjective
editsquelettique (plural squelettiques)
- (relational) skeleton, skeletal
- (figuratively) skeletal, emaciated
- Synonym: rachitique
- une maigreur squelettique ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- (figuratively) barebones
Further reading
edit- “squelettique”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.