genu

Meaning

1. (declension-4, literally) a knee, kneejoint, kneepan
2. (declension-4) an elbow
3. (declension-4) an act of kneeling or beseeching
4. (declension-4) a knot, joint

Concepts

knee

genu

bend

elbow

knee joint

lap

Synonyms

poples

geniculum

stolo

genū

genuculum

Translations

Knie

rodilla

knie

genou

joelho

genoll

ginocchio

diz

γόνατο

ركبة

genolh

çog

Kniegelenk

knee

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈɡɛ.nuː]

Etymology

PIE word
*ǵónu
From Proto-Italic *genu, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu. Cognate with Ancient Greek γόνῠ (gónŭ, “knee; plant node”), German Knie, English knee, Dutch knie.