patela

English

Alternative forms

• puteli

Etymology

Hindi [Term?]

Noun

patela (plural patelas)

1. A large flat-bottomed trading boat peculiar to the river Ganges in India.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for patela in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

• Platea, palate, paleta, petala

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin patella (“kneecap”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pa.ˈtɛ.la/

Noun

patela f (plural patelas)

1. (anatomy) kneecap

Synonyms

• (kneecap): rótula (dated)

Hypernyms

• osso

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• joelho