reptiel

Dutch

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Etymology

Borrowed from French reptile, from Middle French [Term?], from Old French reptile, from Late Latin rēptile, neuter of reptilis (“creeping”), from Latin rēpō (“to creep”), from Proto-Indo-European *rep- (“to creep, slink”) (Pokorny; Watkins, 1969).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /rɛpˈtil/
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Hyphenation: rep‧tiel
Rhymes: -il

Noun

reptiel n (plural reptielen, diminutive reptieltje n)

reptile, any member of the class Reptilia
Synonym: kruipdier

Derived terms

zeereptiel

Descendants

Afrikaans: reptiel