Genu
/ˈd͡ʒɛn.juː/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The knee.
- 2 hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella wordnet
- 3 The knee.; A knee-like structure, in particular a bend in the corpus callosum of mammals.
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All antonymsEtymology
PIE word *ǵónu Borrowed from Latin genu (“knee”).