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Meaning of occiput | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ˈɒk.sɪ.pʌt

Definitions

The back part of the head or skull.

Equivalents

العربية قذال
Български тил
Català occípit
Čeština týl
Deutsch Hinterkopf
Suomi takaraivo
Français occiput
Magyar nyakszirt tarkó
Հայերեն ծոծրակ
Italiano occipite
한국어 후두
Latina occipitium
Nederlands achterhoofd
Polski potylica
Português occipício occipital occipúcio occiput
Русский затылок
Slovenčina tylo
Svenska bakhuvud
Tagalog pangawol pilipot
Українська потилиця тил
Yorùbá ipakọ

Examples

“And then came Turbor, who sat quietly and unemotionally through the fifteen minute process, and Munn, who jerked at the first touch of the electrodes, and then spent the session rolling his eyes as though he wished he could turn them backwards and watch through a hole in his occiput.”
“He wore a large white cotton Nubian shirt, trimmed with red pompons, and shaved his head, except for one lock at the occiput ‘by which Mohammed lifts you up on Judgement Day’.”

CEFR level

B1
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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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