skeleton
French, noun/ske.le.tɔ̃/
skeleton is spelled S-K-E-L-E-T-O-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written French, the 70,496th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Skeleton is a French masculine noun meaning “skeleton (winter sport)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Long toboggan qui glisse sur une piste de neige”.
What does skeleton mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineskeleton (winter sport)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Long toboggan qui glisse sur une piste de neige.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of skeleton
- skeletons plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce skeleton?
- /ske.le.tɔ̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to skeleton
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is skeleton in French?
skeleton appears about once in every 5 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).