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Kneecap

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Table of contents
1 English

1.1 Noun

1.1.1 Synonyms
1.1.2 Translations

1.2 Transitive verb
1.3 Related terms

2 Italian

2.1 Noun

English

Noun

kneecap (plural kneecaps)

  1. The flat, roundish bone in the knee.

Synonyms

Translations

bone

  • Finnish: polvilumpio
  • French: rotule f
  • Italian: rotula f
  • Persian: کشکک زانو (kashkak)
  • Spanish: rótula f


Transitive verb

to kneecap (kneecapping, kneecapped)

  1. To destroy the kneecaps of (a person), usually by shooting at the knees, as a punishment carried out by criminals or terrorists.

Related terms

Italian

Noun

patella f (plural patelle)

  1. limpet

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