reptiel

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch reptiel, from French reptile, from Middle French reptile, from Old French reptile, from Late Latin rēptile, neuter of reptilis (“creeping”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rɛpˈtil/

Noun

reptiel (plural reptiele, diminutive reptieltjie)

1. reptile, any member of the class Reptilia

Dutch

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Etymology

Borrowed from French reptile, from Middle French reptile, from Old French reptile, from Late Latin rēptile, neuter of reptilis (“creeping”), from Latin rēpō (“to creep”), from Proto-Indo-European *rep- (“to creep, slink”) (Pokorny; Watkins, 1969).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rɛpˈtil/

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• Hyphenation: rep‧tiel
• Rhymes: -il

Noun

reptiel n (plural reptielen, diminutive reptieltje n)

1. reptile, any member of the class Reptilia

   Synonym: kruipdier

Derived terms

• zeereptiel

Descendants

• Afrikaans: reptiel
• → Indonesian: reptil
• → Papiamentu: rèptil