Masculine
squelette
- (masculine) skeleton
- (figuratively, masculine) a very thin person
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/skə.lɛt/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle French scelette, a learned borrowing from Latin sceletus, from Ancient Greek σκελετός (skeletós, “dried up, withered, dried body, parched, mummy”).
skeletal system
skeletal structure
skeletal frame
systema skeletale
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