squelettique

French

Un buste squelettique.

Etymology

From squelette (“skeleton”) +‎ -ique (forms adjectives from nouns).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /skə.lɛ.tik/, /skə.le.tik/
Homophone: squelettiques
Rhymes: -ik

Adjective

squelettique (plural squelettiques)

(relational) skeleton, skeletal
un muscle squelettique ― a skeletal muscle
(figuratively) skeletal, emaciated
une maigreur squelettique ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonym: rachitique
(figuratively) barebones

Further reading

“squelettique”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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