English

Etymology
Old English cneo|cn�o.

Pronunciation
AHD|n�, IPA|/ni�/, SAMPA|/ni:/
audio|en-us-knee.ogg|Audio (US)
Rhymes:English:-i�|Rhymes: -i�

Homophones
nee

Noun
Image:Human knees.jpg|thumb|right|Human knees.
en-noun

1. In humans, the joint in the middle part of the leg.

#:Jessica was wearing shorts, so she skinned her exposed knees when she fell.

1. skeleton The joint, or region of the joint, between the thigh and leg.
2. anatomy In the horse and allied animals, the carpal joint, corresponding to the wrist in humans.
3. (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.

1. An act of kneel|kneeling, especially to show respect or courtesy.

#:Give them title, knee, and approbation. Shak.

1. 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|ر�بة|ر��بة
Aramaic:
:Syriac: ��ܪ�� (būrk�, būrko) f
:Hebrew: ��ר�� (būrk�, būrko) f
Aromanian: t|roa-rup|dzenuclju
Basque: belaun
Bengali: হা���
Breton: glin m
Bulgarian: кол�но (kolâno)
Belarusian: калена (kaljena)
Cantonese: � (sat1)
Catalan: genoll m :ca:genoll|(ca)
Chinese: � (xī)
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: γ�να�ο n (gonato)
Hawaiian: kuli
Hindi: ���ना (unicode|ghuṭan�)
Hungarian: térd
Ido: genuo
Indonesian: lutut
Interlingua: geniculo, genu
mid
Italian: ginocchio m
Japanese: � (��, hiza)
Korean: 무� (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: �ibbi
Norwegian: kne n
Old English: cneo|cn�o n
Pitjantjatjara: unicode|muṯi
Persian: FAchar|زا�� (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: మ��ాల� (mOkaalu)
Thai: THchar|���า
Turkish: diz
Ukrainian: кол�но (kolino)
Vietnamese: �ầu g�i
Welsh: glin

Transitive verb
rfc-trverb|Transitive verb
en-verb|knee|d

1. 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

1. poke or strike with the knee

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