spleet

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Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From splijten (“to split”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /spleːt/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: spleet
  • Rhymes: -eːt

Noun[edit]

spleet f (plural spleten, diminutive spleetje n)

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

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Descendants[edit]

  • Negerhollands: split
  • → Papiamentu: splet, spleet

Verb[edit]

spleet

  1. singular past indicative of splijten

References[edit]

  • 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

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