kneecap

English

Etymology

knee + cap

Noun

kneecap (plural kneecaps)

1. The flat, roundish bone in the knee.

Synonyms

• (bone): knee-pan, patella, rotula

Translations

bone

Chinese: Mandarin: 膝蓋骨 (zh), 膝盖骨 (zh) (xīgàigǔ) Danish: knæskal (da) c. Dutch: knieschijf (nl) f. and m., patella (nl) f. and m. Finnish: polvilumpio (fi) French: rotule (fr) f. German: Kniescheibe (de) f. Hungarian: térdkalács (hu) Icelandic: hnéskel (is) f. Italian: rotula (it) f., patella (it) f. Japanese: 膝蓋骨 (ja) (しつがいこつ, shitsugaikotsu) Korean: 슬개골 (ko) (seulgaegol) (膝蓋骨 (ko)), 무릎뼈 (ko) (mureup-ppyeo) Northern Sami: čibbeskálžu

Persian: کشکک زانو (fa) (kaškak zânu) Polish: rzepka f. Portuguese: rótula (pt) Russian: коленная чашечка (ru) (kolénnaja čášečka) f., надколенник (ru) (nadkolénnik) m., надколенная чашка (ru) (nadkolénnaja čáška) f. Scottish Gaelic: failmean m. Slovene: pogačica (sl) f. Spanish: rótula (es) f. Swedish: knäskål (sv) c. Telugu: మోకాటి చిప్ప (mOkaaTi chippa) Turkish: diz kapağı (tr) Volapük: patel (vo)

Verb

kneecap (third-person singular simple present kneecaps, present participle kneecapping, simple past and past participle kneecapped)

1. (transitive) To destroy the kneecaps of (a person), usually by shooting at the knees, as a punishment carried out by criminals or terrorists.

Related terms

• kneecapping
• kneecapper