spelonk
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch spelonke, from Old French spelonque, from Italian spelonca, from Latin spelunca (“cave, cavern; grotto; den”), from Ancient Greek σπῆλυγξ (spêlunx, “cave”), from Ancient Greek σπέος (spéos, “cave, cavern”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /speːˈlɔnk/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: spe‧lonk
- Rhymes: -ɔnk
Noun
spelonk f (plural spelonken, diminutive spelonkje n or spelonksken n)
- (literary) grotto
- Synonym: grot
- (Brabantian) bad, dank, poorly-lit housing
- Synonym: kruipkot
Derived terms
- grotspelonk
Further reading
Middle English
Noun
spelonk
- Alternative form of spelunke