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koleno

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See also: kóleno and Koleno

Czech

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Czech koleno, from Proto-Slavic *kolěno.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈkolɛno]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛno
  • Hyphenation: ko‧le‧no

Noun

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koleno n (diminutive kolínko or kolénko)

  1. (anatomy) knee (of a human, animal, robot, puppet, etc.)

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Noun

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koleno n

  1. something similar to a knee:
    1. bend (in a river)
    2. elbow (in a pipe)
  2. generation
    Synonyms: pokolení, generace

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Further reading

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Lower Sorbian

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Noun

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koleno n (diminutive kolenko)

  1. superseded spelling of kóleno

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Old Czech

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kolěno.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈkolɛno/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈkolɛno/

Noun

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koleno n

  1. knee
    na koleno přivéstito bring to the knees
    Jeho koleně třasúce sě tepiešta sě v hromadu.His knees were beating against each other trembling.
  2. kneecap
  3. generation
  4. (collective) creatures

Declension

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original
later as well

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Czech: koleno

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Polish

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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koleno n

  1. (Chełmno-Dobrzyń) alternative form of kolano

Further reading

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  • Antoni Krasnowolski (1879) “koleno”, in Album uczącéj się młodzieży polskiéj poświęcone Józefowi Ignacemu Kraszewskiemu z powodu jubileuszu jego pięćdziesięcioletniéj działalności literackiéj (in Polish), Lviv: Czytelni Akademickiéj Lwowskiéj; "Gaz. Narod." J. Dobrzańskiego i K. Gromana, Słowniczek prowincjalizmów zebranych w ziemi chełmińskiej i świeckiej, page 304

Serbo-Croatian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kolěno.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kǒleno/
  • Hyphenation: ko‧le‧no

Noun

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kòleno n (Cyrillic spelling ко̀лено)

  1. knee
  2. joint, bent
  3. knot
  4. knuckle
  5. angle
  6. generation, descent
  7. family, race, house

Declension

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Declension of koleno
singular plural
nominative kòleno kolena
genitive kolena kȍlēnā
dative kolenu kolenima
accusative koleno kolena
vocative koleno kolena
locative kolenu kolenima
instrumental kolenom kolenima

References

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  • koleno”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Slovak

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kolěno.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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koleno n

  1. knee
  2. (archaic) generation

Declension

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Declension of koleno
(pattern mesto)
singularplural
nominativekolenokolená
genitivekolenakolien
dativekolenukolenám
accusativekolenokolená
locativekolenekolenách
instrumentalkolenomkolenami

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • koleno”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Slovene

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Etymology

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From Proto-Slavic *kolěno.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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kolẹ́no n

  1. (anatomy) knee

Declension

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The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Neuter, hard
nom. sing. koléno
gen. sing. koléna
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
koléno koléni koléna
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
koléna kolén kolén
dative
(dajȃlnik)
kolénu kolénoma kolénom
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
koléno koléni koléna
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
kolénu kolénih kolénih
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
kolénom kolénoma koléni

Further reading

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  • koleno”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

Upper Sorbian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kolě̀no.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkɔlɛnɔ/
  • Rhymes: -ɔlɛnɔ
  • Hyphenation: ko‧le‧no
  • Syllabification: ko‧le‧no

Noun

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koleno n (diminutive kolenko)

  1. (anatomy) knee (anterior, prominent part of the region corresponding to the articulation of the femur with the tibia)

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References

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