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From Middle English skyn, skinn, from Old English scinn, from Old Norse skinn (“animal hide”), from Proto-Germanic *skinþą, from Proto-Indo-European *sken- (“to split off”), nasal variant of *skeh₁i-d- (“to cut”).
See also Dutch schinde (“bark”), dialectal German Schinde (“fruit peel”); also Breton skant (“scales”), Old Irish ceinn, Irish scainim (“I tear, burst”), Latin scindere (“to split, divide”), Sanskrit छिनत्ति (chinátti, “he splits”). Partially displaced native Old English hȳd (“skin, hide”), see hide. More at shed. Not related to shin.
skin (countable and uncountable, plural skins)
- (uncountable) The outer protective layer of the body of any animal, including of a human.
He is so disgusting he makes my skin crawl.
2020, Abi Daré, The Girl With The Louding Voice, Sceptre, page 184:
Her skin is pale like chicken skin, after you have peel[ed] all the feathers.
- (uncountable) The outer protective layer of the fruit of a plant.
- (countable) The skin and fur of an individual animal used by humans for clothing, upholstery, etc.
- (countable) A congealed layer on the surface of a liquid.
In order to get to the rest of the paint in the can, you′ll have to remove the skin floating on top of it.
Do you eat the skin on custard?
- (countable, computing, graphical user interface) A set of resources that modifies the appearance and/or layout of the graphical user interface of a computer program.
You can use this skin to change how the browser looks.
- (countable, video games) An alternate appearance (texture map or geometry) for a character model in a video game.
- (countable, slang) Rolling paper for cigarettes.
Pass me a skin, mate.
- (countable, slang) Clipping of skinhead.
2017, Christian Picciolini, White American Youth:
By the end of the show, fights would break out all over the place: the Atlantic City skins against the crew from Philly; the oldschool skinheads feuding with overzealous fresh-cuts.
- (Australia) A subgroup of Australian aboriginal people; such divisions are cultural and not related to an individual′s physical skin. [1]
1984, Maxwell John Charlesworth, Howard Morphy, Diane Bell, Religion in Aboriginal Australia: An Anthology, page 361:
The younger brother questions the correctness of the pursuit of the girls. "They may be of the wrong subsection," he suggests. "We can take wrong skins," says the older brother, but the younger still holds back.
- (slang) Bare flesh, particularly bare breasts.
Let me see a bit of skin.
- A vessel made of skin, used for holding liquids.
1843, Richard Henry Horne, Orion:
the Bacchic train,
Who brought their skins of wine, and loaded poles
That bent with mighty clusters of black grapes
- (nautical) That part of a sail, when furled, which remains on the outside and covers the whole.
(Can we date this quote?), “Textile Technology Digest”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):
The skin of the sail is made of stretch-resistant Mylar
- (nautical) The covering, as of planking or iron plates, outside the framing, forming the sides and bottom of a vessel; the shell; also, a lining inside the framing.
- (aviation) The outer surface covering much of the wings and fuselage of an aircraft.
- A drink of whisky served hot.
- (slang, Ireland, British) person, chap
He was a decent old skin.
2019, Joe Murragh, Colin Barrett, 54:50 from the start, in Calm With Horses (film), spoken by Paudi (Ned Dennehy):
PAUDI:”I fucking love the pair of ye! You’re good lads. You’re loyal skins”
- (UK, thieves slang, obsolete) A purse.
1863, George William MacArthur Reynolds, The Mysteries of the Court of London, volume 3, page 86:
[…] and away I scampered with the tiddlywink-table, while Teddy Limber […] frisked the yokel of his yack and skin.
- (outer covering of living tissue): dermis, integument, tegument
- (outer protective layer of a plant or animal): peel (of fruit or vegetable), pericarp
- (skin of an animal used by humans): hide, pelt
- (congealed layer on the surface of a liquid): film
- (subgroup of Australian Aboriginals): moiety, section, subsection
- alligator skin
- all skin and bones
- bare-skin
- bareskin
- beauty is only skin deep
- blackskin
- blackskinned
- bronzed skin disease
- buffalo-skin
- butterfly skin
- by the skin of one's teeth
- clean skin
- climbing skin
- collect skin
- combination skin
- combo skin
- comfortable in one's own skin
- comfortable in one's skin
- coon-skin cap
- coon-skin hat
- deer-skin
- don't sell the skin till you have caught the bear
- elephant skin
- e-skin
- foreskin
- get underneath someone's skin
- get under someone's skin
- ghost skin
- gimme some skin
- give some skin to
- glabrous skin
- gold-beater's skin
- goldbeater's skin
- greenskin
- grow some skin
- hare-skin
- hyson skin
- it's no skin off my back
- jump in one's skin
- king skin
- lay some skin on
- light-skin
- lumpy skin disease
- make one's skin crawl
- make someone's skin crawl
- make someone's skin creep
- no skin off my nose
- no skin off one's back
- no skin off one's nose
- no skin off one's teeth
- onion skin
- out of one's skin
- peeling skin syndrome
- play the skin flute
- porcelain skin
- potato skin
- potato skins
- redskin
- redskinned
- rolling skin disease
- save one's skin
- save someone's skin
- scarf-skin
- sheep-skin
- shirts and skins
- show skin
- show some skin
- silver skin
- skin a flint
- skin and blister
- skin and bone
- skin and bones
- skin and grin
- skin art
- skin-art
- skin back
- skin beetle
- skin cancer
- skincare
- skin care
- skin cell
- skin color/skin colour
- skin-crawling
- skin cream
- skin-deep
- skin disease
- skin-dive
- skin-diver
- skin diving
- skin effect
- skin fade
- skin fasting
- skin-flick
- skinflick
- skin flick
- skinflint
- skin flute
- skinfold
- skin food
- skin forming alloy
- skinful
- skin glue
- skin graft
- skin group
- skin-group
- skinhead
- skin hunger
- skin in the game
- skin job
- skinless
- skin-mag
- skin mag
- skin magazine
- skin movie
- skinnable
- skin name
- skinny
- skinny-dip
- skin of the teeth
- skin-on
- skin orgasm
- skin-pop
- skin signs
- skin-tag
- skin tag
- skin-tight
- skintight
- skin type
- skin virgin
- skin-walker
- skin wool
- skin worm
- ski skin
- soaked to the skin
- solar skin
- staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome
- thick skin
- thin skin
- tofu skin
- veal-skin
- walking skin cancer
- waste of skin
- whiteskin
- whiteskinned
- white skin privilege
- with the skin of one's teeth
- with whole skin
- wolf in a lamb's skin
outer protective layer of the body of a person or animal
- 'Are'are: hinasuna
- Abkhaz: ацәа (acʷa)
- Acehnese: kulet
- Afar: aráb, galbó
- Afrikaans: vel (af)
- Ainu: カㇷ゚ (kap)
- Aiton: ꩫင် (naṅ)
- Albanian: lëkurë (sq) f
- Ama: tono
- Amharic: ቆዳ ? (ḳoda)
- Arabic: جِلْد m (jild), بَشَرة f (bašara)
- Aragonese: pelello
- Armenian: մաշկ (hy) (mašk), մորթ (hy) (mortʻ)
- Aromanian: cheali f
- Assamese: ছাল (sal)
- Asturian: pelleyu (ast) m, piel (ast) f
- Avar: тӏом (tʼom), хъал (qxal)
- Avestan: 𐬯𐬎𐬭𐬍 (surī)
- Azerbaijani: dəri (az)
- Bashkir: тире
- Basque: azal (eu)
- Bau Bidayuh: kurit
- Belarusian: ску́ра f (skúra)
- Bengali: ত্বক (bn) (tok)
- Bikol Central: kublit (bcl)
- Breton: kroc'hen (br) m
- Brunei Malay: kulit
- Bulgarian: ко́жа (bg) f (kóža)
- Burmese: အရေ (my) (a.re)
- Buryat: арһан (arhan)
- Catalan: pell (ca) f
- Cebuano: panit
- Central Atlas Tamazight: ⵉⵍⵎ m (ilm)
- Central Melanau: kulit
- Central Sierra Miwok: ṭól·eča-
- Chamicuro: s̈hama
- Chechen: цӏока (cʼoka), чкъуор (čqʼwor)
- Chichewa: khungu
- Chickasaw: hakshop
- Chinese:
- Choctaw: hakshop
- Chuvash: тир (tir)
- Classical Nahuatl: ēhuatl
- Coptic: ⲁⲛⲟⲙ m (anom), ϣⲁⲣ m (šar)
- Cornish: kroghen f
- Corsican: peddi (co) m pl or f, pelle (co) f
- Czech: kůže (cs) f
- Dalmatian: pial f
- Danish: hud (da) c
- Dolgan: тирии (tirii)
- Drung: vngpeun
- Dupaningan Agta: gaddang
- Dutch: huid (nl) f, vel (nl) n
- Eastern Arrernte: yenpe
- Eastern Cham: ꨆꨤꨪꩀ (kalik)
- Egyptian: (jnm)
- Erzya: кедь (keď), киське (kiśke)
- Esperanto: haŭto (eo)
- Estonian: nahk (et)
- Even: эртэ (ərtə)
- Faroese: húð (fo) f
- Finnish: iho (fi) (chiefly human); nahka (fi) (chiefly animal)
- French: peau (fr) f
- Friulian: piel f
- Gagauz: deri
- Galician: pel (gl) f, m
- Georgian: კანი (ḳani)
- German: Haut (de) f
- Greek: δέρμα (el) n (dérma)
- Greenlandic: ameq
- Guaraní: api, pire
- Gujarati: ચામડી f (cāmḍī), ત્વચા ? (tvacā)
- Haitian Creole: po
- Hawaiian: ʻili, ʻaluʻalu
- Hebrew: עוֹר (he) m (or)
- Hindi: त्वचा (hi) f (tvacā)
- Hungarian: bőr (hu)
- Hunsrik: Haut f, haut f
- Icelandic: húð (is) f, skinn (is) n, hörund (is) n
- Ido: pelo (io)
- Indonesian: kulit (id)
- Ingrian: hippiä, iho (chiefly human), nahka (chiefly animal)
- Ingush: цӏока (cʼoka)
- Interlingua: please add this translation if you can
- Iranun: upis
- Irish: craiceann (ga) m, seithe f (non-human), cneas m (human)
- Italian: pelle (it) f
- Iu Mien: ndopv
- Japanese: 皮膚 (ja) (ひふ, hifu), 肌 (ja) (はだ, hada)
- Kalmyk: арсн (arsn)
- Kannada: ಚರ್ಮ (kn) (carma)
- Karachay-Balkar: тери (teri)
- Karakalpak: teri
- Kashubian: skóra
- Kazakh: тері (terı)
- Khakas: теер (teer)
- Khmer: ស្បែក (km) (sbaek)
- Korean: 살갗 (salgat), 피부(皮膚) (ko) (pibu)
- Koryak: гылгын (gəlgən)
- Kumyk: тери (teri), оьнг (öñ)
- Kurdish:
- Kyrgyz: тери (ky) (teri)
- Lao: ຫນັງ (nang), ຜິວຫນັງ (phiu nang)
- Latin: cutis f
- Latvian: āda (lv) f
- Lezgi: ли (li), хам (χam)
- Linngithigh: iwin
- Lithuanian: oda (lt) f
- Lombard: pèll f, pèl
- Low German: Huut f, Fell (nds) n
- Lü: ᦐᧂ (ṅang)
- Luxembourgish: Haut (lb) f
- Macedonian: кожа (mk) f (koža)
- Maguindanao: kubal, upis
- Malay: kulit (ms)
- Malayalam: തൊലി (ml) (toli), ചർമ്മം (caṟmmaṁ)
- Maltese: ġilda f
- Manchu: ᠰᡠᡴᡡ (sukū)
- Mansaka: panit
- Manx: crackan m
- Maori: kiri
- Maranao: panit, kobal, opis
- Marathi: त्वचा ? (tvacā)
- Mazanderani: پوس
- Moksha: ёжа (joža), кедь (keď), киське (kiśke)
- Mongolian: арьс (mn) (arʹs)
- Nanai: хэрэктэ (herekte)
- Nepali: छाला (ne) (chālā)
- Newar: छ्येंगु (chyeṃgu)
- Nivkh: ӿал (hal)
- Nogai: тери (teri)
- Norman: pé f
- Northern Mansi: (please verify) сов (sov)
- Northern Sami: liiki
- Northern Thai: ᩉ᩠ᨶᩢᨦ
- Norwegian: hud (no) m, skinn (no) n, ham (no) m
- Occitan: pèl (oc) f
- Odia: ଚର୍ମ (or) (carma)
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Old East Slavic: кожа (koža), скора f (skora)
- Old English: hȳd f
- Oromo: gogaa
- Ossetian: царм (carm), цъар (c’ar), мӕскуы (mæsk°y)
- Ottoman Turkish: جلد (cild), بشره (beşere), دری (diri)
- Pacoh: ngcár
- Palauan: melabd
- Pangasinan: baog
- Persian: پوست (fa) (pust), چرم (fa) (čarm)
- Plautdietsch: Hut f
- Polish: skóra (pl) f
- Portuguese: pele (pt) f
- Punjabi: ਖੱਲ ? (khalla)
- Quechua: qara
- Romagnol: pèla f
- Romani: morthǐ f
- Romanian: piele (ro) f
- Romansch: pel ?
- Russian: ко́жа (ru) f (kóža), шку́ра (ru) f (škúra) (disparaging or of animals)
- Saho: qarbat
- Sango: pörö (sg)
- Sanskrit: त्वच (sa) n (tvaca), कृत्ति (sa) f (kṛtti)
- Santali: ᱦᱟᱨᱛᱟ (harta)
- Sardinian: pedhe ?
- Scottish Gaelic: craiceann m, seiche f (animal)
- Sebop: kulit
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Shan: ၽိဝ်ၼင် (phǐo nǎng), ၼင် (shn) (nǎng)
- Sherpa: པའུ (pa'u)
- Shor: тере (tere)
- Sicilian: peddi (scn) f
- Sinhalese: හම ? (hama)
- Slovak: koža (sk) f, pokožka f
- Slovene: kọ́ža (sl) f
- Somali: dub, harag (so), saan (so)
- Sorbian:
- Southern Altai: тере (tere)
- Spanish: piel (es) f
- Sranan Tongo: buba
- Sundanese: kulit
- Swahili: ngozi (sw) class 9/10
- Swedish: hud (sv) c, skinn (sv) n
- Tagalog: balat (tl)
- Tai Dam: ꪘꪰꪉ
- Tajik: пӯст (tg) (püst), чарм (čarm), ҷилд (tg) (jild)
- Talysh: pust
- Tamil: தோல் (ta) (tōl)
- Tarifit: tirmešt f
- Tat: pust
- Tatar: тире (tt) (tire)
- Telugu: చర్మము (te) (carmamu), త్వచము (te) (tvacamu)
- Ternate: ahi
- Tetum: kulit
- Thai: ผิวหนัง (th) (pǐu-nǎng), หนัง (th) (nǎng)
- Tibetan: པགས་པ (pags pa)
- Tidore: ahi
- Tigrinya: ቈርበት ? (ḳʷärbät)
- Tocharian B: ewe, yeste
- Tok Pisin: skin
- Turkish: cilt (tr), deri (tr)
- Turkmen: deri
- Tuvan: please add this translation if you can
- Ukrainian: шкі́ра f (škíra)
- Urdu: توچا f (tvacā), جلد (jild)
- Uyghur: تېرە (tëre)
- Uzbek: teri (uz)
- Venetian: pèle f, pełe f
- Vietnamese: da (vi)
- Volapük: skin (vo)
- Walloon: pea (wa) f
- Welsh: croen (cy) m
- West Coast Bajau: kulit
- West Frisian: hûd ?
- White Hmong: tawv, tawv nqaij
- Wolof: der (wo)
- Yakut: тирии (tirii)
- Yámana: tatisa
- Yiddish: הויט f (hoyt)
- Yoruba: awọ, awọ ara
- Zazaki: çerm
- Zealandic: vel n (mostly of people), 'uud m (mostly of animals)
- Zhuang: naeng
- Zulu: isikhumba (zu) class 7/8 (animal), inyama (zu) class 9/10 (human)
outer protective layer of fruit
- Arabic:
- Moroccan Arabic: قشرة f (qašra) (peeled fruit)
- Aromanian: coaji f
- Azerbaijani: qabıq (az)
- Bashkir: ҡабыҡ
- Brunei Malay: kulit
- Bulgarian: кора (bg) f (kora)
- Classical Nahuatl: ēhuatl
- Finnish: kuori (fi)
- French: peau (fr) f
- Galician: pela f, bagullo m, peleca f
- Hungarian: héj (hu) (fruit, vegetable), kéreg (hu) (plant)
- Malayalam: തൊലി (ml) (toli)
- Polish: skórka (pl) f
- Portuguese: pele (pt) f, casca (pt) f
- Romanian: coajă (ro) f
- Russian: кожура́ (ru) f (kožurá) (of plants), шку́рка (ru) f (škúrka)
- Ukrainian: шкі́рка f (škírka)
- Walloon: pelete (wa) f (peeled fruit)
- Zulu: ikhasi (zu) class 5/6 (fruit)
skin and fur of an animal used by humans
- Arabic:
- Armenian: կաշի (hy) (kaši), մորթի (hy) (mortʻi)
- Azerbaijani: dəri (az), gön (az)
- Bashkir: тире
- Bengali: চামড়া (bn) (camṛa)
- Bulgarian: кожа (bg) f (koža)
- Chinese:
- Danish: skind (da) n
- Dutch: huid (nl) f, bont (nl) n, pels (nl) f
- Egyptian: (jnm)
- Finnish: talja (fi)
- French: peau (fr) f
- Georgian: ტყავი (ka) (ṭq̇avi)
- Greek: δέρμα (el) n (dérma), επιδερμίδα (el) f (epidermída)
- Hawaiian: ʻili
- Hungarian: bőr (hu)
- Icelandic: hskinn n
- Irish: seithe f
- Japanese: 革 (ja) (かわ, kawa), 皮革 (ja) (ひかく, hikaku)
- Korean: 가죽 (ko) (gajuk)
- Kurdish:
- Latin: pellis f
- Latvian: āda (lv) f
- Malay: kulit (ms)
- Malayalam: തോല് (ml) (tōlŭ)
- Mongolian: арьс (mn) (arʹs), амьтны арьс (amʹtny arʹs)
- Norman: pé f
- Norwegian:
- Ottoman Turkish: چرم (çerm)
- Persian: چرم (fa) (čarm), پوست (fa) (pust)
- Polish: skóra (pl) f
- Portuguese: pele (pt) f
- Romanian: piele (ro) f
- Russian: шку́ра (ru) f (škúra), ко́жа (ru) f (kóža)
- Scottish Gaelic: seiche f
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Slovak: koža (sk) f
- Spanish: piel (es) f
- Swahili: ngozi (sw) class 9/10
- Swedish: skinn (sv) n
- Tajik: пӯст (tg) (püst)
- Telugu: తోలు (te) (tōlu)
- Tok Pisin: skin
- Turkish: deri (tr), post (tr)
- Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can
- Wakhi: pist
- Walloon: pea (wa) f, cur (wa) m
- Zulu: isikhumba (zu) class 7/8
congealed layer on the surface of a liquid
- Arabic:
- Moroccan Arabic: ريقة f (rīqa)
- Bulgarian: ципа (bg) f (cipa), кожица (bg) f (kožica)
- Catalan: pel·lícula (ca) f
- Czech: škraloup m
- Danish: skind (da) n
- Dutch: vel (nl) n
- Finnish: kalvo (fi)
- French: peau (fr) f
- German: Haut (de) f, Häutchen n
- Greek: πέτσα (el) f (pétsa)
- Hungarian: pille (hu), hártya (hu), bőr (hu), föl (hu)
- Irish: barr brutha m
- Japanese: 膜 (ja) (まく, maku)
- Korean: 막 (ko) (mak), 피막 (ko) (pimak)
- Kurdish:
- Malayalam: പാട (ml) (pāṭa)
- Norman: pé f
- Persian: پوسته (fa) (pusta, puste)
- Polish: kożuch (pl) m
- Portuguese: película (pt) f
- Romanian: pojghiță de gheață f
- Russian: ко́рка (ru) f (kórka)
- Slovak: pokožka f
- Swahili: gamba (sw) class 5/6
- Telugu: పొర (te) (pora)
- Walloon: pelete (wa) f
rolling paper for cigarettes
skinhead (clipping of)
nautical: covering outside the framing
Translations to be checked
- Chinese:
- Danish: (please verify) skræl c, (please verify) skind (da) n
- Dutch: (please verify) huid (nl) f, (please verify) vel (nl) n
- German: (please verify) Fell (de) n
- Greek: (please verify) δέρμα (el) n (dérma)
- Hawaiian: (please verify) ʻili
- Isthmus Zapotec: (please verify) guidi, (please verify) guidi ladi
- Kuna: (please verify) uka
- Kurdish:
- Malay: (please verify) kulit (ms)
- Malayalam: (please verify) തൊലി (ml) (toli), (please verify) ചർമ്മം (caṟmmaṁ)
- Mongolian: (please verify) хальс (mn) (xalʹs)
- Norman: (please verify) pé f
- Norwegian:
- Persian: (please verify) پوست (fa) (pust)
- Quechua: (please verify) qara
- Swahili: (please verify) ngozi (sw) class 9/10
- Telugu: (please verify) పట్ట (te) (paṭṭa)
- Tok Pisin: (please verify) skin
- Walloon: (please verify) pelote (wa) f
skin (third-person singular simple present skins, present participle skinning, simple past and past participle skinned)
- (transitive) To injure the skin of.
- He fell off his bike and skinned his knee on the concrete.
- (transitive) To remove the skin and/or fur of an animal or a human.
- (colloquial) To high five.
- (transitive, computing, colloquial) To apply a skin to (a computer program).
Can I skin the application to put the picture of my cat on it?
- (UK, soccer, transitive) To use tricks to go past a defender.
2011 January 30, Kevin Darlng, “Arsenal 2 - 1 Huddersfield”, in BBC[1]:
The Russian, sometimes out of sorts in recent weeks, was seeing plenty of the ball on the left-hand side up against Hunt, a 20-year-old right-back making his first Huddersfield start. Arshavin skinned the youngster at the first opportunity and crossed for Bendtner, who could not direct his close-range effort on target.
- (intransitive) To become covered with skin.
A wound eventually skins over.
- (transitive) To cover with skin, or as if with skin; hence, to cover superficially.
c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iv]:
It will but skin and film the ulcerous place.
- (US, slang, archaic) To produce, in recitation, examination, etc., the work of another for one's own, or to use cribs, memoranda, etc., which are prohibited.
- (slang, dated) To strip of money or property; to cheat.
- (intransitive, obsolete, slang) To sneak off.
- (injure the skin of): bark, chafe, excoriate, graze, scrape
- (remove the skin of): flay, fleece, flense, scalp
to injure the skin of
- Breton: kignat (br)
- Bulgarian: обелвам (bg) (obelvam)
- Catalan: excoriar (ca)
- Danish: skrabe
- Dutch: schaven (nl)
- Finnish: naarmuttaa (fi), raapia (fi); ruhjoa (fi) (severely)
- French: écorcher (fr), égratigner (fr)
- German: aufschürfen
- Greek: γδέρνω (el) (gdérno)
- Hungarian: lehorzsol (hu), meghorzsol
- Norwegian:
- Persian: خراشیدن (fa) (xarâšidan), شخودن (fa) (šoxudan, šaxudan)
- Polish: zdzierać (pl) impf, zedrzeć pf
- Portuguese: esfolar (pt), raspar (pt)
- Romanian: zgâria (ro)
- Russian: обдира́ть (ru) impf (obdirátʹ), ободра́ть (ru) pf (obodrátʹ)
- Walloon: digreter (wa), kernaxhî (wa), schaver (wa), screper (wa)
to remove the skin of
- Arabic:
- Armenian: քերթել (hy) (kʻertʻel)
- Atayal: mulaq
- Breton: digroc'henañ (br), kignat (br)
- Bulgarian: одирам (bg) (odiram)
- Catalan: escorxar (ca)
- Cherokee: ᎦᏁᎦᎵᎭ (ganegaliha)
- Danish: flå
- Dutch: villen (nl), onthuiden, (de huid) afstropen (nl)
- Finnish: nylkeä (fi)
- French: écorcher (fr), dépouiller (fr), peler (fr)
- Galician: esfolar (gl)
- German: häuten (de)
- Greek: γδέρνω (el) (gdérno)
- Ancient: δέρω (dérō)
- Hungarian: nyúz (hu), lenyúz (hu), megnyúz (hu), lehúz (hu)
- Ingrian: kiskoa, nylkiä
- Irish: feann, seithigh
- Italian: scuoiare (it)
- Kabuverdianu: sfola, sfolá
- Latin: dēcutio, excortico
- Maori: tīhore
- Norwegian:
- Ottoman Turkish: یوزمك (yüzmek)
- Persian: پوست کندن (fa) (pust kandan)
- Polish: skórować impf, oskórować pf, obdzierać ze skóry (pl) impf, obedrzeć ze skóry pf
- Portuguese: esfolar (pt), descascar (pt)
- Quechua: ch'utiy
- Russian: обдира́ть (ru) impf (obdirátʹ), ободра́ть (ru) pf (obodrátʹ)
- Slovene: odreti, dati iz kože
- Spanish: despellejar (es), desollar (es)
- Swedish: flå (sv)
- Tagalog: balatan, maglabos
- Turkish: yüzmek (tr), derisini yüzmek (tr)
- Ukrainian: обдира́ти impf (obdyráty), обідра́ти pf (obidráty), здира́ти шкіру impf (zdyráty škiru), здерти шкіру pf (zderty škiru)
- Walloon: schoircî (wa), peler (wa)
- Welsh: croeni (cy)
to use a replacement image for the graphical user interface of
to become covered with skin
to cover with skin, or as if with skin; hence, to cover superficially
- ^ 1994, Macquarie Aboriginal Words, Macquarie University, paperback →ISBN, Introduction.
skin
From Norwegian ski + -an (infinitive suffix).
skin
skin n
- “skin” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
skin n (singular definite skinnet, not used in plural form)
skin
- imperative of skinne
skin m or f (plural skins, diminutive skinnetje n)
From skína (“to shine”).
skin n (genitive singular skins, nominative plural skin)
Declension of skin | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
n-s | singular | plural | ||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | skin | skinið | skin | skinin |
accusative | skin | skinið | skin | skinin |
dative | skini | skininu | skinum | skinunum |
genitive | skins | skinsins | skina | skinanna |
skin
- Alternative form of skyn
skin
- inflection of skina:
- scīn n
From skīnan.
skīn n
Unadapted borrowing from English skin.
skin f (plural skins)
- (computing) skin (image used as the background of a graphical user interface)
- (countable, video games) skin (alternate appearance (texture map or geometry) for a 3D character model in a video game)
skin
- imperative of skina
skin
- skin pas (“envelope”)
skin (nominative plural skins)
- beraskin
- beraskinaluhät
- beraskinik
- blägaskin
- blägaskinan
- blägaskinik
- blövaskin
- blövaskinan
- blövaskinik
- braunaskin
- braunaskinan
- braunaskinik
- bubülaskin
- fitaskin
- flitaskinäd
- fukaskin
- fukaskinik
- ganaskin
- gedaskin
- gedaskinan
- gedaskinik
- goldaskin
- goldaskinan
- goldaskinik
- goldinalainaskin
- grünaskin
- grünaskinan
- grünaskinik
- hiskinan
- härminaskin
- härminaskinamäned
- härminaskinik
- jipaskin
- jipaskinik
- jipülaskin
- jipülaskinik
- jiskinan
- kapaskin
- kranaskin
- lainaskin
- largentaskin
- largentaskin
- largentaskinan
- largentaskinan
- largentaskinik
- largentaskinik
- leskin
- leskinik
- lievaskin
- mäned härminaskinik
- redaskin
- redaskinan
- redaskinik
- räkunaskin
- skinadefälot
- skinafron
- skinahogül
- skinajüd
- skinam
- skinamaläd
- skinamaläd
- skinan
- skinaplastüd
- skinaplif
- skinaskret
- skinasümik
- skinik
- skiniklinükam
- skiniklinüköl
- skinikäled
- skinil
- skinön
- svimaskinäd
- säskinam
- säskinamaneif
- säskinamasep
- säskinamasep
- säskinamöp
- säskinanadünan
- säskinanaluvab
- säskinön
- vietaskin
- vietaskinan
- vietaskinik
- yelovaskin
- yelovaskinan
- yelovaskinik