English Explanatory Dictionary

genu

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The knee.
  2. A knee-like structure, in particular a bend in the corpus callosum of mammals.

Pronunciation

/ˈd͡ʒɛn.juː/ /ˈd͡ʒiˌnu/ /ˈd͡ʒɛn.(j)u/

Word forms

genu genua

Etymology

PIE word *ǵónu Borrowed from Latin genu (“knee”).

Related words

geniculate

Derived words

genual genu-
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