caveira

Concepts

skull

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cranium

death’s-head

skull

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pericranium

mazard

Synonyms

crânio

💀

crâneo

Crânio

Translations

crâne

💀

calavera

💀

cranio

💀

schedel

💀

Schädel

💀

cráneo

💀

teschio

💀

crani

💀

κρανίο

kafatası

💀

Totenkopf

calva

calavera

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جمجمة

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/kaˈve(j).ɾɐ/

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: calvāria

Cognate with Galician: caveira

In summary

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese caaveira, from Vulgar Latin *calavaria, from Latin calvāria (“skull”). Doublet of calvária.
Cognate with Galician caveira, Spanish and Catalan calavera.