Knee
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English
Pronunciation
- nē, /niː/, /ni:/
Noun
knee, plural knees
- In man, the joint in the middle part of the leg.
- (Anatomy) 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 man.
- (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.
- Quotations
- A bending of the knee, as in respect or courtesy.
- Give them title, knee, and approbation. Shak.
Derived terms
Translations
- Arabic: رّكبة
- Basque: belaun
- Breton: glin m
- Catalan: genoll m (ca)
- Chinese: 膝盖
- Czech: koleno
- Dutch: knie f
- Esperanto: genuo
- Finnish: polvi
- French: genou m
- German: Knie n (de)
- Greek: γόνατο n
- Hawaiian: kuli
- Hungarian: térd
- Indonesian: lutut
- Interlingua: geniculo, genu
- Italian: ginocchio m
- Japanese: 膝 (ひざ, hiza)
- Korean: 무릎 (mureup)
- Latin: genu n
- Norwegian: kne n
- Pitjantjatjara: muṯi
- Polish: kolano
- Portuguese: joelho m
- Russian: колено
- Slovio: kolen
- Spanish: rodilla f
- Swedish: knä n
- Tamazight: afud m
- Turkish: diz
Verb
knee, third person singular present knees, past and past participle kneed, present participle kneeing
- Poke or strike with the knee
