English [ edit ] Etymology [ edit ] From Middle English kne Old English cnēo Proto-Germanic *knewą Knee knie Knie knæ knä Proto-Indo-European *ǵnéwo- Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu Hittite 𒄀𒉡 genu ), Latin genū Tocharian A kanweṃ Tocharian B kenī γόνυ gónu , “ knee ” ), γωνία gōnía , “ corner, angle ” ), Old Armenian ծունր cunr ), Avestan 𐬲𐬥𐬎𐬨 žnum ), Sanskrit जानु jānu ).
Pronunciation [ edit ] knee (plural knees or ( obsolete or dialectal ) kneen
In humans, the joint or the region of the joint in the middle part of the leg between the thigh and the shank .
Penny was wearing a miniskirt, so she skinned her exposed knees when she fell.
In the horse and allied animals, the carpal joint , corresponding to the wrist in humans.
The part of a garment that covers the knee.
( shipbuilding ) A piece of timber or metal formed with an angle somewhat in the shape of the human knee when bent.
1980 , Richard W. Unger, The Ship in the Medieval Economy 600-1600 , page 41
Deck beams were supported by hanging knees , triangular pieces of wood typically found underneath the timbers they are designed to support, but in this case found above them.
( archaic ) An act of kneeling , especially to show respect or courtesy.
To make a knee .
Any knee-shaped item or sharp angle in a line, "the knee of a graph", an inflection point.
A blow made with the knee; a kneeing .
Derived terms [ edit ] Translations [ edit ]
joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
Abkhaz: ашьамхы āš̍āmxə )
Adyghe: лъэгуанджэ łăg°ānǯ̍ă )
Afrikaans: knie
Albanian: gju (sq) m
Amharic: ጉልበት gulbät )
Arabic: رُكْبَة f rukba )
Egyptian Arabic: ركبة f rukba )
Aramaic:
Hebrew: ברכא f birkā )
Syriac: ܒܘܪܟܐ f burkā )
Armenian: ծունկ (hy) (cunk )
Aromanian: dzinuclju n dzãnuclju n dzenuclju n
Asturian: rodiya (ast) f rodiella (ast) f
Avar: наку naku )
Azeri: diz (az)
Baluchi: کونڈ konď )
Bashkir: тубыҡ tubïq )
Basque: belaun (eu)
Bau Bidayuh: koruob
Belarusian: кале́на n kaljéna )
Bengali: হাঁটু hãţu )
Breton: please add this translation if you can
Bulgarian: коля́но (bg) n koljáno )
Burmese: ဒူး (my) (du: )
Catalan: genoll (ca) m
Central Atlas Tamazight: ⴰⴼⵓⴷ m afud )
Central Melanau: bukou
Chamicuro: melo'ti
Chechen: гола gola )
Cherokee: ᎧᏂᎨᏂ kanigeni )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 膝 (zh) (xī ), 膝蓋 (zh) , 膝盖 (zh) (xīgài )
Coptic: ⲕⲉⲗⲓ f keli ), ⲫⲁⲧ pl fad, fat )
Corsican: ghjinochju (co) m
Cree: please add this translation if you can
Crimean Tatar: tiz
Czech: koleno (cs) n
Dalmatian: denacle pl
Danish: knæ (da)
Dutch: knie (nl) f
Emilian: źnòć m
Esperanto: genuo
Estonian: põlv (et)
Faroese: knæ n
Finnish: polvi (fi)
French: genou (fr) m
Old French: genoill m
Friulian: zenoli m genoli m
Galician: xeonllo (gl) m
Gallurese: ghinocchiu
Georgian: მუხლი muxli )
German: Knie (de) n
Alemannic German: Chnüü n
Gothic: 𐌺𐌽𐌹𐌿 n kniu
Greek: γόνατο (el) n gónato )
Gujarati: ઘુટણ ghuṭaṇ )
Haitian Creole: jenou
Hausa: please add this translation if you can
Hawaiian: kuli
Hebrew: בֶּרֶךְ (he) f bérekh )
Hindi: घुटना (hi) m ghuṭnā )
Hungarian: térd (hu)
Icelandic: hné (is) n kné (is) n
Ido: genuo (io)
Indonesian: lutut (id) , dengkul (id)
Interlingua: please add this translation if you can
Interlingue: genú
Iranun: leb
Irish: glúin (ga) f
Old Irish: glún f
Istriot: zanucio m
Istro-Romanian: jeruncľu
Italian: ginocchio (it)
Japanese: 膝 (ja) (ひざ, hiza )
Norman: g'nou m
Kalmyk: өвдг övdg )
Kannada: ಮೊಣಕಾಲು (kn) (moṇakālu )
Kashubian: kòlano n
Kazakh: тізе (kk) (tize )
Khmer: ជង្គង់ (km) (chʊəngkʊəng )
Kimaragang: totud
Korean: 무릎 (ko) (mureup )
Kurdish: please add this translation if you can
Kyrgyz: тизе (ky) (tize )
Lao: ຫົວເຂົ່າ (lo) (hūa khao )
Latgalian: ceļs m
Latin: genu (la) , geniculum
Latvian: celis (lv) m
Limburgish: kneen (li) m
Lithuanian: kelis m
Lotud: totud otud
Luxembourgish: Knéi m
Macedonian: колено koleno )
Malay: lutut tuhut dengkul
Malayalam: കാൽമുട്ട് kālmuṭṭ )
Maltese: irkoppa
Manchu: tobgiya
Mandinka: kumbaliŋo
Manx: glioon f
Maore Comorian: gunguni class 5 /6
Maori: please add this translation if you can
Marathi: गुडघा guḍghā )
Megleno-Romanian: zinucľu
Mirandese: zinolho
Mon: please add this translation if you can
Mongolian: өвдөг (mn) (övdög )
Navajo: agod
Nepali: please add this translation if you can
Newari: please add this translation if you can
Ngazidja Comorian: gunguno class 5 /6 , gungunu class 5 /6
Norwegian: kne (no) n
Nottoway-Meherrin: sunsheke
Novial: please add this translation if you can
Occitan: genolh (oc)
Ojibwe: ogidig
Old Church Slavonic: колѣно n kolěno )
Old English: cnēo n
Oriya: ଆଣ୍ଠୁ
Ossetian: уӕраг wærag ), зоныг zonyg )
Ottoman Turkish: زانو zanû ), دز diz ), ديز dyz )
Pashto: زنګون zengewn )
Persian: زانو (fa) (zânu )
Polish: kolano (pl) n
Portuguese: joelho (pt) m
Punjabi: please add this translation if you can
Rajasthani: please add this translation if you can
Romagnol: znoc
Romanian: genunchi (ro)
Romansch: schanugl m schnuogl m
Rungus: otud
Russian: коле́но (ru) n koléno )
Sabah Bisaya: otud
Sanskrit: जानु (sa) n jānu )
Scottish Gaelic: glùn f glùin f
Sebop: lep
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ( Ijekavian ) кољено n ( Ekavian ) колено n
Roman: ( Ijekavian ) koljeno (sh) n ( Ekavian ) koleno (sh) n
Sinhalese: දණ (si) (daṇa )
Slovak: koleno n
Slovene: koleno (sl) n
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: kóleno n
Upper Sorbian: koleno n
Southern Altai: тизе tize )
Spanish: rodilla (es) f hinojo (es) m
Sundanese: teku
Svan: ღულა̈ჲ ɣuläy )
Swahili: goti (sw)
Swedish: knä (sv) n
Tagal Murut: atur
Tagalog: tuhod
Tajik: зону (tg) (zonu )
Tambunan Dusun: totud
Tamil: முழங்கால் (ta) (muḻaṅkāl )
Tatar: тез (tt) (tez )
Telugu: మోకాలు (te) (mōkālu )
Thai: เข่า (th) (kào )
Tibetan: པུས་མོ pus mo )
Timugon Murut: atur
Tocharian A: kanweṃ pl
Tocharian B: keni pl
Tok Pisin: skru skru bilong lek
Turkish: diz (tr)
Turkmen: dyz
Tuvan: дискек dïskäk )
Udmurt: пыдес pydes )
Ukrainian: колі́но (uk) n kolíno )
Urdu: گھٹنا m ghuṭnā )
Uyghur: تىز tiz )
Uzbek: tizza (uz)
Venetian: zenocio
Vietnamese: đầu gối
Volapük: kien (vo)
Walloon: djno (wa) m djino (wa) m
Welsh: pen-glin (cy) m , f pen-lin (cy) f glin m
West Coast Bajau: tu'ut
West Frisian: knibbel
Xhosa: idolo
Yiddish: קני kni )
Zulu: idolo (zu) class 5 /6
act of kneeling
Aramaic:
Syriac: ܒܘܪܟܐ f burkā )
Hebrew: ברכא f birkā )
any knee-shaped item or sharp angle in a line
blow made with the knee
— see kneeing
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Translations to be checked
knee (third-person singular simple present knees present participle kneeing simple past and past participle kneed
( transitive , archaic ) To kneel to.
1605 : I could as well be brought / To knee his throne and, squire-like, pension beg / To keep base life afoot. — William Shakespeare, King Lear II.ii
( transitive ) To poke or strike with the knee.
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