spleet

Dutch

Etymology

From splijten (“to split”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /spleːt/
Audio (file)
Hyphenation: spleet
Rhymes: -eːt

Noun

spleet f (plural spleten, diminutive spleetje n)

crack, cleft, split
fissure, slit
(childish, especially in the diminutive) vagina
(vulgar) anus

Synonyms

(crack): kier, reet
(anus): gat, hol, reet

Derived terms

Descendants

Negerhollands: split
→ Papiamentu: splet, spleet

Verb

spleet

singular past indicative of splijten

References

van Veen, P.A.F., van der Sijs, Nicoline (1997) Etymologisch woordenboek: de herkomst van onze woorden (in Dutch), Utrecht, Antwerpen: Van Dale Lexicografie, →ISBN

Anagrams

sleept, speelt, splete, tepels

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