genoll

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan genolh, from Vulgar Latin *genuclum, syncopated from earlier *genuculum, variant of Late Latin geniculum, diminutive of Latin genū (“knee”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu.

Pronunciation

(Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ʒəˈnoʎ/

(Valencian) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒeˈnoʎ/

Noun

genoll m (plural genolls)

knee

Derived terms

Further reading

“genoll” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
“genoll” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
“genoll” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
“genoll” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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