kranium

Danish

Alternative forms

• kranie

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κρανίον (kraníon, “skull”), via Medieval Latin cranium.

Noun

kranium (singular definite kraniet, plural indefinite kranier)

1. (anatomy) cranium (skull)

Declension

Declension of kranium

gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kranium	kraniet	kranier	kranierne
genitive	kraniums	kraniets	kraniers	kraniernes

See also

• hovedskal

References

• “kranium” in Den Danske Ordbog

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κρανίον (kraníon, “skull”), via Medieval Latin cranium.

Noun

kranium n (definite singular kraniet, indefinite plural kranier, definite plural krania or kraniene)

1. (anatomy) cranium (skull)

References

• “kranium” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κρανίον (kraníon, “skull”), via Medieval Latin cranium.

Noun

kranium n (definite singular kraniet, indefinite plural kranium, definite plural krania)

1. (anatomy) cranium (skull)

References

• “kranium” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Alternative forms

• kranie (nonstandard)

Etymology

From Latin cranium, from Ancient Greek κρανίον (kraníon, “skull”), used in Swedish since 1798.

Noun

kranium n

1. (anatomy) cranium

Declension

Declension of kranium

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	kranium	kraniums
	definite	kraniet	kraniets
plural	indefinite	kranier	kraniers
	definite	kranierna	kraniernas

Synonyms

• dödskalle
• skallben
• skalle

Related terms

• kranial
• kraniologi

See also

• hjärnskål
• huvudskål
• skalle (“skull”)

References

• kranium in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• kranium in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• kranium in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• Svensk MeSH