koleno

Inherited from Old Czech koleno, from Proto-Slavic *kolěno.

• IPA^(key): [ˈkolɛno]

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• Rhymes: -ɛno
• Hyphenation: ko‧le‧no

koleno n (diminutive kolínko or kolénko)

1. (anatomy) knee (of a human, animal, robot, puppet, etc.)

koleno n

1. something similar to a knee:
   1. bend (in a river)
   2. elbow (in a pipe)
2. generation

   Synonyms: pokolení, generace

• “koleno”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “koleno”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “koleno”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

koleno n (diminutive kolenko)

1. superseded spelling of kóleno

• kolenaty
• koleniś se
• kolenkowaś

• koľeno (alternative writing)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kolěno.

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈkolɛno/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈkolɛno/

koleno n

1. knee

   na koleno přivésti ― to bring to the knees

   Jeho koleně třasúce sě tepiešta sě v hromadu. ― His knees were beating against each other trembling.

2. kneecap
3. generation
4. (collective) creatures

original

later as well

• Czech: koleno

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “koleno”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

• (Greater Poland):
  • (Chełmno-Dobrzyń) IPA^(key): /kɔˈlɛ.nɔ/

koleno n

1. (Chełmno-Dobrzyń) alternative form of kolano

• Antoni Krasnowolski (1879) “koleno”, in Album uczącéj się młodzieży polskiéj poświęcone Józefowi Ignacemu Kraszewskiemu z powodu jubileuszu jego pięćdziesięcioletniéj działalności literackiéj (in Polish), Lviv: Czytelni Akademickiéj Lwowskiéj; "Gaz. Narod." J. Dobrzańskiego i K. Gromana, Słowniczek prowincjalizmów zebranych w ziemi chełmińskiej i świeckiej, page 304

• kòljeno (Ijekavian)
• kolino (Ikavian)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kolěno.

• IPA^(key): /kǒleno/
• Hyphenation: ko‧le‧no

kòleno n (Cyrillic spelling ко̀лено)

1. knee
2. joint, bent
3. knot
4. knuckle
5. angle
6. generation, descent
7. family, race, house

• “koleno”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kolěno.

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɔʎenɔ]

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koleno n

1. knee
2. (archaic) generation

• kolenový, kolenný
• kolienko

• “koleno”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

From Proto-Slavic *kolěno.

• IPA^(key): /kɔlèːnɔ/

kolẹ́no n

1. (anatomy) knee

• “koleno”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kolě̀no.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔlɛnɔ/
• Rhymes: -ɔlɛnɔ
• Hyphenation: ko‧le‧no
• Syllabification: ko‧le‧no

koleno n (diminutive kolenko)

1. (anatomy) knee (anterior, prominent part of the region corresponding to the articulation of the femur with the tibia)

• “koleno” in Soblex