genou

common noun

Syllable Decomposition

genou

from Vulgar Latin gĕnŭcŭlum, alteration of gĕnĭcŭlum, 'little knee', derived from the Classical Latin gĕnŭ ('knee'), a word from an Indo-European root gen- meaning 'joint, angle', from which also derives the Ancient Greek γένυς (génys) ('lower jaw') or γνάθος (gnáthos) ('jaw'), related to the Latin genae meaning 'cheeks'.

Definitions

anat
habil

Plural

genoux

Hyperonym

Translations

  • germangerman:Kahlkopf
  • englishenglish:lap
  • danishdanish:knæ
  • spanishspanish:rodilla
  • finnishfinnish:polvi
  • greekgreek:γόνατο
  • italianitalian:ginocchio
  • japanesejapanese:
  • dutchdutch:knie
  • polishpolish:kolano
  • portugueseportuguese:joelho
  • russianrussian:колено
  • swedishswedish:knä
  • turkishturkish:diz
  • ukrainianukrainian:коліно

See also

genouillère (cn.) gonite (cn.)