reptiel

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

• IPA^(key): /rɛpˈtil/

reptiel (plural reptiele, diminutive reptieltjie)

1. reptile, any member of the class Reptilia

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).

• IPA^(key): /rɛpˈtil/

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• Hyphenation: rep‧tiel
• Rhymes: -il

reptiel n (plural reptielen, diminutive reptieltje n)

1. reptile, any member of the class Reptilia

   Synonym: kruipdier

• zeereptiel

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