genuflect

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• Received-Pronunciation, US: /ˈd͡ʒɛn.jʊ.flɛkt/
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• rhymes with -ɛkt
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PIE word *ǵónu From around 1620–1630 from Medieval Latin genūflectō (“to bend the knee”) equivalent to the Latin genū (“knee”) + flectō (“to bend”).

49 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: bie në gjunjë — to bend the knee, as in servitude, homage, or worship
• Bulgarian: коленича (koleniča) — to bend the knee, as in servitude, homage, or worship
• Catalan: agenollar-se — to bend the knee, as in servitude, homage, or worship
• Chinese Mandarin: 跪 (guì) — to bend the knee, as in servitude, homage, or worship
• Chinese Mandarin: 下跪 (xiàguì) — to bend the knee, as in servitude, homage, or worship
• Danish: bøje knæ — to bend the knee, as in servitude, homage, or worship
• Esperanto: genufleksi — to bend the knee, as in servitude, homage, or worship
• Finnish: polvistua — to bend the knee, as in servitude, homage, or worship
• French: faire une génuflexion — to bend the knee, as in servitude, homage, or worship
• French: génuflexer — to bend the knee, as in servitude, homage, or worship
• French: génuflexionner — to bend the knee, as in servitude, homage, or worship
• Galician: dobregar o xeonllo — to bend the knee, as in servitude, homage, or worship
• Galician: fincar o xeonllo — to bend the knee, as in servitude, homage, or worship
• Georgian: მუხლის მოდრეკა (muxlis modreḳa) — to bend the knee, as in servitude, homage, or worship
• Georgian: დაჩოქება (dačokeba) — to bend the knee, as in servitude, homage, or worship
• German: niederknien — to bend the knee, as in servitude, homage, or worship
• Greek: προσκυνώ (proskynó) — to bend the knee, as in servitude, homage, or worship
• Hebrew: כָּרַע בֶּרֶךְ (kará' bérech) — to bend the knee, as in servitude, homage, or worship
• Icelandic: gera knéfall — to bend the knee, as in servitude, homage, or worship
• Icelandic: koma fyrir kné — to bend the knee, as in servitude, homage, or worship
• Icelandic: falla á kné — to bend the knee, as in servitude, homage, or worship
• Icelandic: knékrjúpa — to bend the knee, as in servitude, homage, or worship
• Italian: genuflettere — to bend the knee, as in servitude, homage, or worship
• Japanese: 跪く (hizamazuku) — to bend the knee, as in servitude, homage, or worship
• Latin: genuflecto — to bend the knee, as in servitude, homage, or worship
• Persian: زانو خم کردن — to bend the knee, as in servitude, homage, or worship
• Polish: klękać — to bend the knee, as in servitude, homage, or worship
• Portuguese: genuflectir — to bend the knee, as in servitude, homage, or worship
• Russian: преклоня́ть коле́на/коле́ни (preklonjátʹ koléna/koléni) — to bend the knee, as in servitude, homage, or worship
• Russian: преклони́ть коле́на/коле́ни (preklonítʹ koléna/koléni) — to bend the knee, as in servitude, homage, or worship
• Spanish: doblar la rodilla — to bend the knee, as in servitude, homage, or worship
• Spanish: arrodillarse — to bend the knee, as in servitude, homage, or worship
• Spanish: genuflexionar — to bend the knee, as in servitude, homage, or worship
• Spanish: prostrarse — to bend the knee, as in servitude, homage, or worship
• Spanish: postrarse — to bend the knee, as in servitude, homage, or worship
• Spanish: ponerse genuflexo — to bend the knee, as in servitude, homage, or worship
• Swedish: knäfalla — to bend the knee, as in servitude, homage, or worship
• Swedish: knäböja — to bend the knee, as in servitude, homage, or worship
• Tagalog: yumukdo — to bend the knee, as in servitude, homage, or worship
• Turkish: diz çökmek — to bend the knee, as in servitude, homage, or worship
• Finnish: kyyristellä — to behave in a servile manner
• French: faire une génuflexion — to behave in a servile manner
• Georgian: მუხლის მოდრეკა (muxlis modreḳa) — to behave in a servile manner
• Georgian: დაჩოქება (dačokeba) — to behave in a servile manner
• Italian: essere genuflesso — to behave in a servile manner
• Italian: genuflettersi — to behave in a servile manner
• Russian: пресмыка́ться (presmykátʹsja) — to behave in a servile manner
• Russian: соверша́ть коленопреклоне́ние (soveršátʹ kolenopreklonénije) — to behave in a servile manner
• Russian: соверши́ть коленопреклоне́ние (soveršítʹ kolenopreklonénije) — to behave in a servile manner