skeleton
/sˈkelətən/SKEH-luh-tuhn
/sˈkɛlətən/SKEH-luh-tuhn
Meaninga dried (body)
Common meaning: the bony frame of the body
- skeletdried upLiddell & Scott, Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon (1889), p. 731 · scan
- onnoun ending (from Latin -o, -onis)
Journey through time
- Greekσκελετός‘dried up’
- Englishskeleton‘the bony frame of the body’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Greek σκελετός ‘dried up’.
Roots
- σκελετός Greek “dried up”
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