skeletal

squelettique

Relatif aux os qui soutiennent le corps d’une personne ou d’un animal.

En anglais simple : Related to the bones that support a person's or animal's body.

• The skeletal system supports the body.
• Doctors found no skeletal damage.
• The team examined skeletal remains discovered near the river.

Expressions courantes : skeletal system, skeletal muscle, skeletal remains, skeletal structure

squelettique, décharné

Si maigre que les os se voient facilement.

En anglais simple : So thin that the bones are easy to see.

• The starving dog looked skeletal.
• His skeletal arms hung at his sides.
• Months of illness had left her almost skeletal.

Synonymes : emaciated, gaunt, cadaverous

Contraires : plump

Expressions courantes : skeletal figure, skeletal body, almost skeletal

sommaire, schématique

Qui ne contient que les éléments principaux, avec peu de détails.

En anglais simple : Containing only the main parts, with few details.

• She gave us a skeletal plan.
• The report is still skeletal.
• We expanded his skeletal outline into a full proposal.

Synonymes : basic, bare, barebones

Contraires : detailed, elaborate

Expressions courantes : skeletal outline, skeletal plan, skeletal draft

squelettique

Constitué uniquement de l’ossature qui soutient un bâtiment ou une autre construction.

En anglais simple : Consisting only of the frame that supports a building or other structure.

• Only the skeletal frame remained.
• Workers added walls to the skeletal structure.
• The fire left a skeletal building with no roof.

Synonymes : bare

Expressions courantes : skeletal frame, skeletal structure, skeletal remains

dessin du squelette

Dessin des os d’un animal, souvent utilisé pour aider les artistes à représenter des espèces disparues.

En anglais simple : A drawing of an animal's bones, often used to help artists show animals that no longer exist.

• The artist drew a skeletal of the dinosaur.
• These skeletals show different tail lengths.
• She used a skeletal as a reference for her painting.

Synonymes : skeletal diagram, skeleton drawing

Expressions courantes : dinosaur skeletal, draw a skeletal, a detailed skeletal