skull

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• homophone: scull
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• Northern-England: /skʊl/
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From Middle English sculle, scolle (also schulle, scholle), probably from a dialectal form of Old Norse skalli (“bald head, skull”), itself probably related to Old English sċealu (“husk”), to Proto-Norse *ᛋᚲᚨᛚᛟ (*skalo), from Proto-Germanic *skallô; compare Finnish skallo. Compare Scots scull, Danish skal (“skull”) and skalle (“bald head, skull”), Norwegian skalle, Swedish skalle and especially dialectal Swedish skulle. Related to Old Norse skoltr (“brow”), skolptr (“muzzle, snout”), akin to Icelandic skoltur (“jaw”), dialectal Swedish skult, skulle (“dome, crown of the head, skull”), Norwegian Nynorsk skult, skolt (“cranium, head (of a hammer); crag; hub”), Middle Dutch scolle, scholle, Middle Low German scholle, schulle (“clod, sod”), and Scots skult, skolt. Compare also Old High German sciula, skiula (“skull”). Possibly related to Latin celsus (“lofty, high, tall”), collis (“hill”). Also related to Old Norse skǫllóttr, Icelandic sköllóttur, Old Swedish skallotter, Swedish skallig, Danish skaldet, Norwegian skallet (“bald”).

See school (“a multitude”).

301 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: skedel — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Ainu: オナシ (onasi) — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Albanian: kafkë — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Southern Altai: баштыҥ сӧӧк (baštïŋ söök) — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Southern Altai: баштыҥ сӧӧги (baštïŋ söögi) — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Amharic: ጭንቅላት (č̣ənḳəlat) — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Amharic: የራስ ቅል (yäras ḳəl) — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Arabic: جُمْجُمَة (jumjuma) — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Arabic: جمجمة (gimgima) — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Aragonese: cranio — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Aramaic: ܩܪܩܦܬܐ (qarqap̄ṯā) — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Aramaic: גולגלתא (qarqap̄ṯā) — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Armenian: գանգ (gang) — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Aromanian: cafcã — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Aromanian: cãpitsãnã — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Aromanian: craniu — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Aromanian: cafcalã — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Aromanian: cãrãfetã — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Aromanian: cocã — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Assamese: লাওখোলা (laükhüla) — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Asturian: craniu — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Avar: гвангвара (gwangwara) — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Aymara: amay pekge — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Azerbaijani: kəllə — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• West Coast Bajau: bengkurung — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Bashkir: баш һөйәге (baş höyəge) — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Basque: burezur — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Belarusian: чэ́рап (čérap) — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Bengali: করোটি (korōṭi) — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Bau Bidayuh: tikuruok — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Breton: klopenn — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Bube: mötyuèkököra — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Bulgarian: че́реп (čérep) — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Burmese: ဦးခွံ (u:hkwam) — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Catalan: crani — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Cebuano: bagolbagol — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Cebuano: kalabera — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Cherokee: ᎤᏍᎦ (usga) — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Chinese Cantonese: 腦殼 /脑壳 (nou5 hok3) — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Hakka Chinese: 腦殼 /脑壳 (nó-hok) — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Chinese: 頭蓋骨 /头盖骨 (thâu-khak-kut) — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Chinese: 頭殼碗 /头壳碗 (zh-min-nan) — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Chinese Mandarin: 頭骨 /头骨 (tóugǔ) — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Chinese Mandarin: 頭蓋骨 /头盖骨 (tóugàigǔ) — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Chinese Mandarin: 顱骨 /颅骨 (lúgǔ) — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Chinese Mandarin: 腦殼 /脑壳 (nǎoké) — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• West Circassian: шъхьэкъупшъхь (ŝḥɛqwupŝḥ) — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Czech: lebka — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Danish: kranium — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Danish: kranie — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Dhivehi: ބޮލުގެ ނާށިގަނޑު (boluge nāṣiganḍu) — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Dutch: schedel — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Dutch: doodshoofd — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Dutch: doodskop — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Dutch: cranium — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Egyptian: D-n:n:t*tp (ḏnnt) — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Esperanto: kranio — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Estonian: kolju — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Estonian: pealuu — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Estonian: kolp — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Farefare: zuwaŋrɛ — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Faroese: skøltur — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Faroese: heysur — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Faroese: skalli — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Faroese: skróvbein — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Finnish: kallo — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Finnish: pääkallo — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• French: crâne — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• North Frisian: schäädel — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• North Frisian: Haurskrok — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• North Frisian: Brainkas — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Saterland Frisian: Platte — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Saterland Frisian: Skedel — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• West-Frisian: holleplasse — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• West-Frisian: plasse — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• West-Frisian: kopbonke — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Friulian: crepe — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Galician: cranio — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Galician: caveira — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Georgian: თავის ქალა (tavis kala) — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Georgian: ქალა (kala) — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• German: Schädel — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• German: Kranium — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Gothic: 𐍈𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌽𐌴𐌹 (ƕairnei) — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Greek: κρανίο (kranío) — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Ancient Greek: κρανίον (kraníon) — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Greenlandic: qaratserfik — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Gujarati: ખોપરી (khoprī) — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Haitian Creole: zo tèt — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Hausa: kwanyar — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Hawaiian: iwi poʻo — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Hebrew: גולגולת \ גֻּלְגֹּלֶת (gulgólet) — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Hiligaynon: bagol — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Hindi: कपाल (kapāl) — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• White Hmong: pob txha tab hau — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Hungarian: koponya — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Icelandic: höfuðkúpa — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Icelandic: hauskúpa — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Ido: kranio — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Igbo: okpukpo isi — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Indonesian: tengkorak — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Indonesian: jumjumah — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Indonesian: batok kepala — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Ingrian: pääluu — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Interlingua: cranio — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Irish: blaosc — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Irish: cloigeann — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Irish: blaosc an chinn — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Irish: blaosc an chloiginn — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Italian: cranio — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Italian: teschio — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Japanese: 頭蓋骨 (zugaikotsu) — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Japanese: 頭骨 (tōkotsu) — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Javanese: tengkorak — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Kabuverdianu: kraniu — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Kabuverdianu: kraniu — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Kabyle: abbaɣ — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Kalmyk: һавл (ğavl) — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Kannada: ತಲೆಬುರುಡೆ (taleburuḍe) — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Kazakh: бас сүйек (bas süiek) — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Khmer: លលាដ៍ក្បាល (lɔɔlɔliə kbaal) — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Khmer: សិរកបាល (seʼ kɑɑ baal) — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Kinaray-a: bagol — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Komi-Permyak: юр лы (jur ly) — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Korean: 두개골 (dugaegol) — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Central Kurdish: کاپۆڵ (kapoll) — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Northern Kurdish: kilox — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Kyrgyz: баш сөөгү (baş söögü) — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Kyrgyz: баш сөөк (baş söök) — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Lak: бакӏрал ттаркӏ (bakʼral t:arkʼ) — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Lao: ກະໂຫລກ (ka lōk) — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Lao: ກະລາ (ka lā) — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Lao: ກະໂຫຼກ (ka lōk) — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Latgalian: čereps — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Latin: calvāria — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Latin: calva — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Latin: crānium — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Latvian: galvaskauss — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Latvian: miroņgalva — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Lezgi: келле (kelle) — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Limburgish: sjeiel — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Lingala: ebɛbɛlɛ — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Lithuanian: kaukolė — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Lü: ᦡᦳᧅᧈᦷᦠ (ḋuk1ḣo) — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Luxembourgish: Hirschuel — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Luxembourgish: Schiedel — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Macedonian: череп (čerep) — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Malagasy: karandoha — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Malay: tengkorak — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Malay: batok kepala — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Malay: jumjumah — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Malayalam: തലയോട്ടി (talayōṭṭi) — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Maltese: kranju — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Maltese: qorriegħa — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Māori: angaanga — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Māori: papa angaanga — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Māori: pareho — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Māori: korotū — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Māori: pārihirihi — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Marathi: कवटी (kavṭī) — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Central Melanau: abekulou — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Mon: ဂၞာက္ဍဟ် — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Mongolian: гавал (gaval) — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Mongolian: ᠭᠠᠪᠠᠯᠠ (ɣabala) — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Khiamniungan Naga: khēukīng — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Nahuatl: tzontecomatl — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Classical Nahuatl: tzontecomatl — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Nepali: खप्पर (khappar) — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Norman: cranne — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Norwegian Bokmål: skalle — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Norwegian Bokmål: hjerneskalle — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Norwegian Bokmål: hodeskalle — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Norwegian Nynorsk: hovudskalle — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Norwegian Nynorsk: skult — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Occitan: cran — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Odia: ମୁଣ୍ଡଖପୁରି (muṇḍakhapuri) — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Odia: ଖପୁରି (khapuri) — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Ojibwe: nishtigwaanigegan — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Old English: hēafodpanne — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Old English: hēafodbān — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Old Galician-Portuguese: caaveira — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Ossetian: сӕргӕхц (særgæxc) — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Mon: သဳသကပလ (sīsakapala) — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Pangasinan: lapislapis — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Pannonian Rusyn: лопов (lopov) — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Pannonian Rusyn: лоповик (lopovik) — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Pashto: کوپړۍ (kopṛᶕy) — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Dari: جُمْجُمَه (jumjuma) — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Iranian Persian: جُمْجُمِه (jomjome) — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Iranian Persian: کاسِهٔ سَر (kâse-ye sar) — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Iranian Persian: کاسِهخانِهٔ سَر (kâse-xâne-ye sar) — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Plautdietsch: Schädel — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Polish: czaszka — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Portuguese: crânio — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Portuguese: caveira — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Punjabi: ਖੋਪਰੀ (khoprī) — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Quechua: uma tullu — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Romanian: craniu — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Romanian: țeastă — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Romanian: căpățână — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Romansh: chavazza — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Russian: че́реп (čérep) — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Samogitian: kramė — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Sanskrit: कपाल (kapāla) — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Santali: ᱠᱷᱟᱯᱨᱤ (khapri) — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Sardinian: cràniu — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Scottish Gaelic: claigeann — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Serbo-Croatian: лу̀бања — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Serbo-Croatian: ло̀бања — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Serbo-Croatian: lùbanja — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Serbo-Croatian: lòbanja — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Shona: dehenya — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Sicilian: crozza — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Sicilian: cucuzzuni — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Sinhalese: ඔලුව (oluwa) — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Sinhalese: තට්ටය (taṭṭaya) — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Slovak: lebka — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Slovene: lobanja — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Somali: lafmadax — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Lower Sorbian: nop — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Upper Sorbian: nop — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Spanish: cráneo — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Spanish: calavera — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Spanish: calaca — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Swahili: fuvu la kichwa — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Swedish: skalle — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Swedish: kranium — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Swedish: kranie — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Tagalog: bungo — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Tahitian: ʻapuroro — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Tajik: косаи сар (kosa-yi sar) — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Tajik: косахонаи сар (kosaxona-yi sar) — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Tajik: ҷумҷума (jumjuma) — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Tamil: தலையோடு (talaiyōṭu) — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Tamil: மண்டையோடு (maṇṭaiyōṭu) — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Tangut: 𘘌 — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Taos: pʼìtąmúluną — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Tarifit: aqešqaš — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Tatar: баш сөяге (baş söyäge) — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Tày: búc bẩu — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Telugu: కపాలము (kapālamu) — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Telugu: పుర్రె (purre) — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Thai: กะโหลก (gà-lòok) — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Tibetan: ཀ་པ་ལ (ka pa la) — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Tigrinya: ሽክና ርእሲ (šəkna rəʾsi) — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Tigrinya: ሓምሓም ርእሲ (ḥamḥam rəʾsi) — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Turkish: kafatası — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Turkish: baş çanağı — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Turkish: baş kâsesi — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Turkmen: kelleçanak — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Tyap: a̱gyigyiek-a̱pyia̱ — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Ukrainian: че́реп (čérep) — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Urdu: کَپال (kapāl) — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Urdu: کاسَۂ سَر (kāsa-yi sar) — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Uyghur: باش سۆڭىكى (bash sö'ngiki) — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Uzbek: bosh suyagi — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Vietnamese: sọ — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Vietnamese: đầu lâu — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Volapük: kran — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Walloon: cråne — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Waray-Waray: bungo — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Welsh: penglog — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Welsh: siol — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• West Flemish: dutsekop — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• West Flemish: schedel — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Wolof: kaaŋ mi — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Xhosa: ukhakayi — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Yámana: taša — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Yiddish: שאַרבן (sharbn) — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Yoruba: egungun agbárí — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Yucatec Maya: tseekʼ — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Zhuang: ndokgyaeuj — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Zulu: ugebhezi — bones of the head: cranium and mandible
• Bulgarian: че́реп (čérep) — death's-head, skull
• Chinese Mandarin: 骷髏 /骷髅 (kūlóu) — death's-head, skull
• Chinese Mandarin: 骷髏頭 /骷髅头 — death's-head, skull
• Chinese Mandarin: 髑髏 /髑髅 (dúlóu) — death's-head, skull
• Danish: dødningehoved — death's-head, skull
• Dutch: doodskop — death's-head, skull
• Finnish: pääkallo — death's-head, skull
• Galician: caveira — death's-head, skull
• Georgian: ქალა (kala) — death's-head, skull
• German: Totenkopf — death's-head, skull
• Greek: νεκροκεφαλή (nekrokefalí) — death's-head, skull
• Hungarian: halálfej — death's-head, skull
• Italian: teschio — death's-head, skull
• Japanese: 髑髏 (sarekōbe) — death's-head, skull
• Latvian: miroņgalva — death's-head, skull
• Norwegian Bokmål: dødninghode — death's-head, skull
• Norwegian Bokmål: hodeskalle — death's-head, skull
• Norwegian Nynorsk: daudingskalle — death's-head, skull
• Norwegian Nynorsk: daudinghovud — death's-head, skull
• Portuguese: caveira — death's-head, skull
• Russian: че́реп (čérep) — death's-head, skull
• Spanish: calavera — death's-head, skull
• Swedish: dödskalle — death's-head, skull
• Swedish: döskalle — death's-head, skull
• Tamil: மண்டையோடு (maṇṭaiyōṭu) — death's-head, skull
• Bulgarian: глава (glava) — (figuratively) mind or brain
• Portuguese: cabeça — (figuratively) mind or brain
• Tamil: மண்டை (maṇṭai) — (figuratively) mind or brain