Skeletal

Added by Madison McCann

Definition

Adjective

1. of, relating to, forming, attached to, or resembling a skeleton

2. used to describe something that exists in its most basic form

Merriam-Webster. (n.d.). skeletal. In Merriam-Webster.com dictionary. Retrieved February 29, 2024, from https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/skeletal

Cambridge-Dictionary. (n.d.). skeletal. In dictionary.cambridge.org. Retrieved February 29, 2024, from https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/skeletal

Pronunciation

• skel·​e·​tal

• IPA transcription: /ˈskelətᵊlē/ 

Sample sentences

Adjective

• His smiles turned skeletal in the reenesh light. - Percy Jackson, p. 290

• A black car speeds down a black road, amid skeletal black trees, surrounded by the white of a snow-covered landscape.  - Meagan Drillinger, Travel + Leisure, 31 Jan. 2024  (found on Marriam Webster)

Etymology

"the dry bones of a body taken together," 1570s, from Modern Latin sceleton "bones, bony framework of the body," from Greek skeleton soma "dried-up body, mummy, skeleton," from neuter of skeletos "dried-up" (also, as a noun, "dried body, mummy"), from skellein "dry up, make dry, parch" (from PIE root *skele- "to parch, wither;" see sclero-).

Translation

Chinese: 骨骼的

Korean: 골격의 

Russian: скелетный

French: squelettique

Spanish: esquelético

German: skelett-

Turkish: iskelet