Shell

/ʃɛl/ noun

Definition

a hard protective outer covering of an animal, egg, or nut; a command-line interface

Etymology

from Old English scell, from Proto-Germanic *skaljō

Kelly Says

Protection made manifest, whether biological or digital

Translations

AFAfrikaans
dop
dop
AMአማርኛ
ቅርፊት
ቅርፊት
ARالعربية
قشرة
قشرة
BGБългарски
черупка
черупка
BNবাংলা
খোলা
খোলা
CACatalà
closca
closca
CSČeština
skořápka
skořápka
DADansk
skal
skal
DEDeutsch
Schale
schale
ELΕλληνικά
κέλυφος
κέλυφος
ESEspañol
concha
concha
ETEesti
koor
koor
EUEuskara
oskola
oskola
FAفارسی
پوسته
پوسته
FISuomi
kuori
kuori
FRFrançais
coquille
coquille
GLGalego
cuncha
cuncha
HEעברית
קליפה
קליפה
HIहिन्दी
खोल
खोल
HRHrvatski
ljuska
ljuska
HUMagyar
héj
héj
IDBahasa Indonesia
cangkang
cangkang
ITItaliano
guscio
guscio
JA日本語
KO한국어
껍질
껍질
LTLietuvių
kevalas
kevalas
LVLatviešu
čaumala
čaumala
MNМонгол
хавтан
хавтан
MSBahasa Melayu
cengkerang
cengkerang
MYမြန်မာ
အခွံ
အခွံ
NLNederlands
schaal
schaal
NONorsk
skall
skall
PLPolski
skorupa
skorupa
PTPortuguês
concha
concha
RORomână
coajă
coajă
RUРусский
раковина
раковина
SKSlovenčina
škrupina
škrupina
SLSlovenščina
lupina
lupina
SRСрпски
љуска
љуска
SVSvenska
skal
skal
SWKiswahili
ganda
ganda
TAதமிழ்
ஓடு
ஓடு
TEతెలుగు
చిప్ప
చిప్ప
THไทย
เปลือก
เปลือก
TRTürkçe
kabuk
kabuk
UKУкраїнська
черепашка
черепашка
URاردو
خول
خول
VITiếng Việt
vỏ
vỏ
ZH中文

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