skelet

skelet

English

Etymology

See scelet and skeleton.

Noun

skelet (plural skelets)

1. (obsolete) A skeleton.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for skelet in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

Anagrams

• Tekles

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Afrikaans

Etymology

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

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Albanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skɛˈlɛt/

Noun

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

1. skeleton

Declension

Declension of skelet

	indefinite forms (trajta të pashquara)			definite forms (trajta të shquara)
	singular (numri njëjës)	plural (numri shumës)		singular (numri njëjës)	plural (numri shumës)
nominative (emërore)	(një) skelet	(disa) skeletë		skeleti	skeletët
accusative (kallëzore)	(një) skelet	(disa) skeletë		skeletin	skeletët
genitive (gjinore) (i/e/të/së)	(një) skeleti	(disa) skeletëve		skeletit	skeletëvet
dative (dhanore)	(një) skeleti	(disa) skeletëve		skeletit	skeletëvet
ablative (rrjedhore) (prej)	(një) skeleti	(disa) skeletësh		skeletit	skeletëvet

Synonyms

• zgorre

Related terms

• skeletor

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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

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Serbo-Croatian

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