el
masculine
/eskeˈleto/
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Translation
skeleton
Word origin
From Greek skeletos ('dried up'), from skellein ('to dry up'). The same root gives English 'skeleton'.
- Origin
- Greek
- Root
- skeletos
- English cognates
- skeleton
Grammar
Gendermasculine
Pluralesqueletos
Examples
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There is an enormous dinosaur skeleton in the museum.
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The human skeleton has two hundred and six bones.
disfrazó .
He dressed up as a skeleton for the party.
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The framework of the building is already finished.
, .
After the illness, he was little more than a skeleton.
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