English
Etymology
Old English cneo|cnēo.
Pronunciation
AHD|nÄ“, IPA|/niË/, SAMPA|/ni:/
audio|en-us-knee.ogg|Audio (US)
Rhymes:English:-iË|Rhymes: -iË
Homophones
nee
Noun
Image:Human knees.jpg|thumb|right|Human knees.
en-noun
- In humans, the joint in the middle part of the leg.
#:Jessica was wearing shorts, so she skinned her exposed knees when she fell.
- skeleton The joint, or region of the joint, between the thigh and leg.
- anatomy In the horse and allied animals, the carpal joint, corresponding to the wrist in humans.
- (shipbuilding) A piece of timber or metal formed with an angle somewhat in the shape of the human knee when bent.
#:Quotations
#:*1980: 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. — Richard W. Unger, The Ship in the Medieval Economy 600-1600, page 41.
- An act of kneel|kneeling, especially to show respect or courtesy.
#:Give them title, knee, and approbation. Shak.
- Any knee-shaped item or sharp angle in a line, "the knee of a graph", an inflection point
Derived terms
kneecap
kneejerk
kneel
kneepan
knees-up
Translations
Albanian: gju m
Arabic: ARchar|ركبة|رّكبة
Aramaic:
:Syriac: Ü’Ü˜ÜªÜŸÜ (bÅ«rkÄ, bÅ«rko) f
:Hebrew: ×‘×•×¨×›× (bÅ«rkÄ, bÅ«rko) f
Aromanian: t|roa-rup|dzenuclju
Basque: belaun
Bengali: হাà¦à¦Ÿà§
Breton: glin m
Bulgarian: колÑно (kolâno)
Belarusian: калена (kaljena)
Cantonese: è† (sat1)
Catalan: genoll m :ca:genoll|(ca)
Chinese: è† (xÄ«)
Croatian: koljeno n
Czech: koleno n
Danish: knæ
Dutch: knie f
Esperanto: genuo
Estonian: põlv
Ewe: klo n
Finnish: polvi
French: genou m
German: Knie n :de:Knie|(de)
Greek: γόνατο n (gonato)
Hawaiian: kuli
Hindi: घà¥à¤Ÿà¤¨à¤¾ (unicode|ghuá¹anÄ)
Hungarian: térd
Ido: genuo
Indonesian: lutut
Interlingua: geniculo, genu
mid
Italian: ginocchio m
Japanese: è† (ã²ã–, hiza)
Korean: 무릎 (mureup)
Kurdish: KUchar|Ú†Û†Ú©
Latin: genu n
Limburgish: knee, kneen or knie
Macedonian: колено (koleno)
Maori: pona
Megleno-Romanian: t|ruq|zinucľu
Northern Sami: Äibbi
Norwegian: kne n
Old English: cneo|cnēo n
Pitjantjatjara: unicode|muṯi
Persian: FAchar|زانو (zânu)
Polish: kolano n
Portuguese: joelho m
Russian: RUchar|колено (koléno) n
Scottish Gaelic: glùin f
Serbian: колено (koleno)
Slovak: koleno
Slovene: koleno n
Spanish: rodilla f
Swedish: knä n
Tagalog: tuhod
Tamazight: afud m
Telugu: మోకాలౠ(mOkaalu)
Thai: THchar|เข่า
Turkish: diz
Ukrainian: коліно (kolino)
Vietnamese: đầu gối
Welsh: glin
Transitive verb
rfc-trverb|Transitive verb
en-verb|knee|d
- 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
- poke or strike with the knee
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