English
Etymology
knee + cap
Noun
kneecap (plural kneecaps )
The flat , roundish bone in the knee .
( roofing ) A metal cover trim that fits over a panel rib after it has been cut and bent.
A cap or strong covering for the knees, used chiefly for horses, to protect their knees in case of a fall.
Synonyms
Translations
bone
Albanian: please add this translation if you can
Arabic: رَضَفَة f ( raḍafa )
Egyptian Arabic: صبونة f ( ṣabuna )
Armenian: ծնկոսկր (hy) ( cnkoskr )
Bashkir: тубыҡ ҡапҡасы ( tubıq qapqası )
Basque: belaunburu
Brunei Malay: kapala tuhut
Bulgarian: патела (bg) f ( patela ) , капачка на коляното ( kapačka na koljanoto )
Burmese: ဒူးခေါင်း (my) ( du:hkaung: )
Catalan: ròtula (ca) f , patel·la f
Central Melanau: sulau bukou
Chinese:
Mandarin: 膝蓋骨 / 膝盖骨 (zh) ( xīgàigǔ ) , 膝盖骨 (zh) ( xīgàigǔ )
Cornish: penn glin m
Czech: čéška (cs) f
Danish: knæskal (da) c
Dhivehi: ފިޔަން ކަށިގަނޑު ( fiyan̊ kaṣigaⁿḍu )
Dutch: knieschijf (nl) f or m , patella f or m
Esperanto: patelo
Finnish: polvilumpio (fi)
French: rotule (fr) f
Galician: rodela f , rótula (gl) f
Georgian: კვირისთავი ( ḳviristavi ) , სამუხლე ( samuxle )
German: Kniescheibe (de) f
Greek: επιγονατίδα (el) f ( epigonatída )
Guaraní: penarã
Hebrew: please add this translation if you can
Hindi: please add this translation if you can
Hungarian: térdkalács (hu)
Icelandic: hnéskel (is) f
Indonesian: tempurung lutut (id) , patela (id) , cencawan (id) , kunci-kunci lutut
Irish: gealacán m , gealacán glúine m , caipín glúine m
Italian: rotula (it) f , patella f
Japanese: 膝蓋骨 (ja) ( しつがいこつ, shitsugaikotsu )
Kannada: ಮಂಡಿಚಿಪ್ಪು (kn) ( maṇḍicippu )
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Khmer: please add this translation if you can
Korean: 슬개골 (ko) ( seulgaegol ) (膝蓋骨 (ko) ), 무릎뼈 (ko) ( mureupppyeo )
Lao: ຫມາກບ້າຫົວເຂົ່າ ( māk bā hūa khao ) , ສະບັງ ( sa bang ) , ຊານຸມົນທົນ ( sā nu mon thon )
Latin: patella f
Luxembourgish: Knéischeif f
Malay: tempurung lutut , cencawan , kunci-kunci lutut , patela
Maltese: please add this translation if you can
Maori: popoki
Mongolian: тойг (mn) ( тойг )
Nepali: please add this translation if you can
Newar: पुलिक्वँय् ( pulikvãy )
Norman: palette du g'nou f ( Jersey )
Northern Sami: čibbeskálžu
Persian: کشکک (fa) ( kaškak )
Polish: rzepka (pl) f
Portuguese: rótula (pt) , patela (pt) f
Russian: коле́нная ча́шечка f ( kolénnaja čášečka ) , надколе́нник (ru) m ( nadkolénnik ) , надколе́нная ча́шка f ( nadkolénnaja čáška )
Scottish Gaelic: failmean m
Serbo-Croatian: please add this translation if you can
Slovene: pogačica (sl) f
Spanish: rótula (es) f
Swedish: knäskål (sv) c
Tagalog: suklob-tuhod , suklob ng tuhod , bayugo
Telugu: మోకాటి చిప్ప ( mōkāṭi cippa )
Thai: สะบ้า ( sà-bâa )
Tibetan: པུས་མོའི་ལྷ་ང ( pus mo'i lha nga )
Turkish: diz kapağı (tr)
Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can
Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can
Volapük: patel
Welsh: padell pen-glin f , pellen pen-glin f
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White Hmong: please add this translation if you can
Verb
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( transitive ) To destroy the knees of (a person), usually by shooting at the knees, as a punishment carried out by criminals or terrorists .
Usage notes
This term is considered a misnomer by medical professionals because only a very small minority of victims suffer damage to the kneecap.