"squelette" meaning in French

See squelette in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /skə.lɛt/ Audio: Fr-squelette.ogg , LL-Q150 (fra)-GrandCelinien-squelette.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-squelette.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-squelette.wav Forms: squelettes [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛt Etymology: From Middle French scelette, a learned borrowing from Latin sceletus, from Ancient Greek σκελετός (skeletós, “dried up, withered, dried body, parched, mummy”). Etymology templates: {{inh|fr|frm|scelette}} Middle French scelette, {{lbor|fr|la|sceletus|nocap=1}} learned borrowing from Latin sceletus, {{der|fr|grc|σκελετός|t=dried up, withered, dried body, parched, mummy}} Ancient Greek σκελετός (skeletós, “dried up, withered, dried body, parched, mummy”) Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} squelette m (plural squelettes)
  1. (anatomy) skeleton Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-squelette-fr-noun-KsEakhBM Categories (other): Anatomy, Skeleton Disambiguation of Skeleton: 55 45 Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
  2. (figuratively) a very thin person Tags: figuratively, masculine
    Sense id: en-squelette-fr-noun-TKe~ri3y Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Skeleton Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 39 61 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 39 61 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 16 84 Disambiguation of Skeleton: 55 45
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: squelettique

Inflected forms

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    }
  ],
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          "lang": "Turkish",
          "lang_code": "tr",
          "word": "iskelet"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "lang_code": "ota",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "iskelet",
      "word": "اسكلت"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Persian",
      "lang_code": "fa",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "eskelet",
      "word": "اسکلت"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "schelet"
    }
  ],
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      },
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    },
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    },
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      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek σκελετός (skeletós, “dried up, withered, dried body, parched, mummy”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle French scelette, a learned borrowing from Latin sceletus, from Ancient Greek σκελετός (skeletós, “dried up, withered, dried body, parched, mummy”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "squelettes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
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      },
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
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      ],
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        }
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      ],
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        "(figuratively) a very thin person"
      ],
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        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    },
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    },
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    },
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    },
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    },
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛt"
    }
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  "word": "squelette"
}
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      ],
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      "lang_code": "fa",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
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      "word": "اسکلت"
    },
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      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
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    }
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    }
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  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "skeleton"
      ],
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      ],
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      ],
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        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
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      ],
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      ]
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      "homophone": "squelettes"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛt"
    }
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}

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