genoll
Catalan
Alternative forms
- ginoll, jonoll
Etymology
Inherited 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
Noun
genoll m (plural genolls)
Derived terms
- agenollar-se
- de genollons
- genollada
- genollera
- genollut
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 [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “genoll”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
- “genoll” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.