skeletal

English

Alternative forms

• sceletal

Etymology

From skeleton +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈskɛl.ɪ.təl/, /skə.ˈliː.təl/, [ˈskɛl.ɪ.tl̩], [skə.ˈliː.tl̩]

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈskɛl.ə.təl/, [ˈskɛl.ə.ɾəl], [ˈskɛl.ə.ɾl̩]
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈskel.ə.təl/, /skə.ˈliː.təl/, [ˈskel.ə.ɾəl], [ˈskə.ˈliː.ɾəl]

Adjective

skeletal (comparative more skeletal, superlative most skeletal)

1. of, or relating to the skeleton
2. haggard, cadaverous, emaciated or gaunt
3. barebones, lacking elaboration
   • 1983 August 20, Penny Landau, “The Reality Around Us: Two Gay Plays”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 6, page 17:

     On the whole, Sidney Morris has given us sketchy characters that need more fine tuning than this production […] could give it. Only Holmberg seemed to dig deeply within himself to create a complete character from Morris' skeletal outline.

Derived terms

• diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis
• exoskeletal
• musculoskeletal
• osteoskeletal
• skeletal age
• skeletal animation
• skeletal eroding band
• skeletal fluorosis
• skeletal formula
• skeletal muscle
• skeletal-muscle pump
• skeletal soil
• skeletal system

 

Translations

of, or relating to the skeleton

• Catalan: esquelètic
• Czech: kosterní (cs)
• Finnish: skeletaalinen, luuranko-
• French: squelettique (fr)
• German: skelettal, Skelett-, Knochen-, skelett-
• Interlingua: skeletic
• Italian: scheletrico (it)
• Maori: o te kōhiwi
• Portuguese: esquelético (pt)
• Romanian: scheletic (ro)
• Spanish: esquelético (es)
• Tagalog: kalansayin, pangalansay
• Volapük: bomemik

haggard

• Catalan: esquelètic
• Finnish: riutunut (fi), luiseva (fi)
• French: squelettique (fr)
• Maori: puanga
• Romanian: scheletic (ro)
• Spanish: esquelético (es)

barebones, lacking elaboration

• Finnish: ylimalkainen (fi)

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