genuflect

Anlam (İngilizce)

1. (archaic, intransitive) To bend the knee, as in servitude.
2. (intransitive) To briefly enter a position that touches one knee to the ground in a manner that is typically associated with formal homage or religious worship.
3. (figuratively, intransitive) To behave in a servile manner; to grovel.

Kavramlar

diz çökmek

Eş anlamlılar

kneel

bow

🙇

kneel down

kowtow

scrape

bow down

bring to knees

go down on one’s knees

salute

curtsy

fawn

go down

Çeviriler

genuflettersi

inginocchiarsi

niederknien

knien

knielen

génuflexion

agenollar-se

sich hinknien

جثى

جث

sich knien

sich niederknien

جثو

γονατίζω

hinknien

(IPA) olarak telaffuz edilir

/ˈd͡ʒɛn.jʊ.flɛkt/

Etimoloji (İngilizce)

PIE word
*ǵónu
From around 1620–1630 from Medieval Latin genūflectō (“I bend the knee”) equivalent to the Latin genū (“knee”) + flectō (“to bend”).