genoll

Catalan

Alternative forms

ginoll, jonoll

Etymology

From Old Catalan genoyll (and numerous other variants), from Late Latin genuculum, alteration of Latin geniculum, diminutive of genū (“knee”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu.

Pronunciation

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

(Valencian) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒeˈnoʎ/
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Noun

genoll m (plural genolls)

knee

Derived terms

References

“genoll” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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, 2023
“genoll” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

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