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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesscheletro
Pronunciation / Transliteration: scheletro
"Lo scheletro umano è composto da 206 ossa."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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The internal or external framework of bone, cartilage, or other rigid material supporting or containing the body of an animal or plant.
"The museum displays the complete skeleton of a blue whale."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Early 17th century: from modern Latin skeletos, from Greek sklētos 'dried up', from skellein 'dry up'.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "skeleton" is said worldwide
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squelette
Transliteration: squelette
"Le squelette donne sa forme au corps humain."
Skelett
Transliteration: Skelett
"Das Skelett schützt die inneren Organe des Körpers."
scheletro
Transliteration: scheletro
"Lo scheletro umano è composto da 206 ossa."
esqueleto
Transliteration: esqueleto
"Los arqueólogos encontraron un esqueleto antiguo en la cueva."
esqueleto
Transliteration: esqueleto
"O esqueleto sustenta o corpo humano."
कंकाल
Transliteration: kankal
"विज्ञान की कक्षा में हमने कंकाल का अध्ययन किया।"
骨骼
Transliteration: gǔgé
"这具恐龙骨骼已有数百万年的历史。"
골격
Transliteration: golgyeok
"인체의 골격은 여러 개의 뼈로 이루어져 있다."
骨格
Transliteration: kokkaku
"人間の骨格は体を支える役割をします。"
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