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English
Image:Kobayashi Torasaburo Statue 001.jpg|thumb|A statue of a man kneeling

Pronunciation
AHD|n�l, IPA|/ni�l/, SAMPA|/ni:l/
audio|en-us-kneel.ogg|Audio (US)

:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-i�l|-i�l

Homophones
Neal, Neil, Niel

Verb
en-verb|kneels|kneeling|knelt or kneeled

1. intransitive To stoop down and rest on the knee or knees.

Related terms
genuflect
kneel down

Translations
trans-top|to stoop down and rest on the knee
Chinese: �跪 xià guì
Czech: kleknout si, pokleknout, kle�et
Dutch: knielen
Finnish: polvistua
French: s'agenouiller
German: knien
Greek: γονα�ί�ει
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Hebrew: �רע (kara`)
Indonesian: lutut|berlutut
Italian: inginocchiarsi
Japanese: 跪� (�����, hizamazuku)
Korean: �� (kkulhda)
Kurdish: KUchar|���کب���
Portuguese: ajoelhar-se
Slovene: poklekniti, kle�ati
Spanish: arrodillarse
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References
R:Century 1911
R:Webster 1913

Category:English irregular verbs

el:kneel
fa:kneel
fr:kneel
io:kneel
id:kneel
it:kneel
hu:kneel
pl:kneel
fi:kneel
sv:kneel
ta:kneel
te:kneel
vi:kneel
uk:kneel
zh:kneel

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