knee

Meaning

Noun

1. In humans, the joint or the region of the joint in the middle part of the leg between the thigh and the shank.
2. In the horse and allied animals, the carpal joint, corresponding to the wrist in humans.
3. In birds:
4. In birds:
5. The part of a garment that covers the knee.
6. A piece of timber or metal formed with an angle somewhat in the shape of the human knee when bent.
7. (archaic) An act of kneeling, especially to show respect or courtesy.
8. Any knee-shaped item or sharp angle in a line; an inflection point.
9. A blow made with the knee; a kneeing.
10. (figuratively) The presence of a parent etc., where a young child acquires early knowledge.

Verb

1. (archaic, transitive) To kneel to.
2. (transitive) To poke or strike with the knee.
3. (reflexive) To move on the knees; to use the knees to move.

Synonyms

elbow

kneecap

knee joint

genu

lap

human knee

stifle

joint

kneel

articulatio genus

patella

knee-cap

rectangle

rectangular

right

right angle

right-angle

tendon

timber

vertical angle

back of

geniculum

knee cap

genual

spinodal

kneebone

knee point

angle fittings

ankle

rigging angle

bend

bent pipe

brace

generation

hip

inflection point

kneel down

knees

orthogonal

point of inflection

protuberance

Translations

genou

Knie

rodilla

ginocchio

joelho

knie

γόνατο

genu

genoll

diz

genolh

poples

ركبة

hinojo

Pronounced as (IPA)

/niː/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: kne

Inherited from Old English: cnēow

Cognate with Low German: Knee

Cognate with Dutch: knie

Cognate with German: Knie

Cognate with Danish: knæ

Cognate with Norwegian: kne

Cognate with Swedish: knä

Cognate with Hittite: 𒄀𒉡

Cognate with Latin: genū

Cognate with Tokharian A: kanweṃ

Cognate with Tokharian B: keni

Cognate with Ancient Greek: γόνυ

Cognate with Welsh: glin

Cognate with Classical Armenian: ծունր

Cognate with Avestan: 𐬲𐬥𐬎𐬨

Cognate with Sanskrit: जानु

Inherited from Middle English: kneen

In summary

From Middle English kne, from Old English cnēow, from Proto-West Germanic *kneu, from Proto-Germanic *knewą, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵnéw-o-m, a thematic derivative of *ǵónu.
See also West Frisian knibbel, Low German Knee, Knie, Dutch knie, German Knie, Danish knæ, Norwegian kne, Swedish knä; also Hittite 𒄀𒉡 (genu), Latin genū, Tocharian A kanweṃ (dual), Tocharian B kenī, Ancient Greek γόνυ (gónu, “knee”), γωνία (gōnía, “corner, angle”), Welsh glin (“knee”), Old Armenian ծունր (cunr), Avestan 𐬲𐬥𐬎𐬨 (žnum), Sanskrit जानु (jā́nu).
The obsolete plural kneen is from Middle English kneen, knen, kneon, kneuwene.

Sentences

His hip struck the knee of the next player .