Polyglot Dictionary

genou

/ʒə.nu/

le noun A1

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
les genoux

Meaning

  1. knee

    • Elle se blesse le genou en tombant.

      She hurts her knee falling.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

German

Knie

Knie is the German word for the same thing — both mean "knee."

Spanish

rodilla

rodilla is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "knee."

Portuguese

joelho

joelho is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "knee."

Practice

1 What does genou mean?

2 Fill the gap: Elle se blesse le ___ en tombant.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches genou?

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