squelette
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle French scelette, a learned borrowing from Latin sceletus, from Ancient Greek σκελετός (skeletós, “dried up, withered, dried body, parched, mummy”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
squelette m (plural squelettes)
- (anatomy) a skeleton
- (figuratively) a very thin person
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “squelette”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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