squelettique
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Etymology
[edit]From squelette (“skeleton”) + -ique (forms adjectives from nouns).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /skə.lɛ.tik/ ~ /skə.le.tik/
- Homophone: squelettiques
- Rhymes: -ik
Adjective
[edit]squelettique (plural squelettiques)
- (relational) skeleton, skeletal
- (figuratively) skeletal, emaciated
- Synonym: rachitique
- une maigreur squelettique ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- (figuratively) barebones
Further reading
[edit]- “squelettique”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.