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knee

noun · verb · 16 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • UK:
  • UK: /niː/
  • US: /ni/
  • Early, Modern: /kniː/
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  • rhymes with -iː
  • homophone: nee
  • CMU ARPABET: N IY1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

In humans, the joint or the region of the joint in the middle part of the leg between the thigh and the shank.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences

Examples

  • Penny was wearing a miniskirt, so she skinned her exposed knees when she fell.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

In the horse and allied animals, the carpal joint, corresponding to the wrist in humans.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

In birds:

The tarsal joint, uniting the tarsometatarsus and the tibiotarsus (homologous to the human ankle).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: non-technical

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

In birds:

The joint uniting the tibiotarsus and the femur, typically hidden beneath plumage.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

The part of a garment that covers the knee.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

A piece of timber or metal formed with an angle somewhat in the shape of the human knee when bent.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: business, manufacturing, shipbuilding

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

An act of kneeling, especially to show respect or courtesy.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

Any knee-shaped item or sharp angle in a line; an inflection point.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • the knee of a graph

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

A blow made with the knee; a kneeing.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

noun

Meaning 10

The presence of a parent etc., where a young child acquires early knowledge.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

verb

Meaning 11

To kneel to.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic, transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

verb

Meaning 12

To poke or strike with the knee.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • When I blocked her from leaving, she kneed me in the groin.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

13

verb

Meaning 13

To move on the knees; to use the knees to move.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: reflexive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

14

noun

Meaning 14

joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped; corresponds to the human knee

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: stifle

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: joint, articulation, articulatio

15

noun

Meaning 15

the part of a trouser leg that provides the cloth covering for the knee

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: cloth covering

16

noun

Meaning 16

hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: knee joint, human knee, articulatio genus, genu

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: hinge joint, ginglymus, ginglymoid joint

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵnéw-der. Proto-Indo-European *ǵnéwom Proto-Germanic *knewą Proto-West Germanic *kneu Old English cnēo Middle English kne English knee Inherited from Middle English kne, from Old English cnēow, from Proto-West Germanic *kneu, from Proto-Germanic *knewą, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵnéw-o-m, a thematic derivative of *ǵónu. See also West Frisian knibbel, Low German Knee, Knie, Dutch knie, German Knie, Danish knæ, Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk kne, Swedish knä; also Hittite 𒄀𒉡 (genu), Latin genū, Tocharian A kanweṃ (dual), Tocharian B kenī, Ancient Greek γόνυ (gónu, “knee”), γωνία (gōnía, “corner, angle”), Welsh glin (“knee”), Old Armenian ծունր (cunr), Avestan 𐬲𐬥𐬎𐬨 (žnum), Sanskrit जानु (jā́nu). The obsolete plural kneen is from Middle English kneen, knen, kneon, kneuwene.

Across languages

Translations

364 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Abkhaz: ашьамхы (ašamxə) — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Afar: gulub — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Afrikaans: knie — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Ainu: コッカサパ (kokkasapa) — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Akan: kotodwe — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Aklanon: tuhod — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Albanian: gju — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Southern Altai: тизе (tize) — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Amharic: ጉልበት (gulbät) — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Chungli Ao: temokok — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Arabic: رُكْبَة (rukba) — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Arabic: ركبة (rukba) — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Arabic: ركبة (rukba) — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Aragonese: chenullo — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Aramaic: ברכא (birkā) — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Aramaic: ܒܘܪܟܐ (burkā) — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Argobba: ጉልብ (gulbe) — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Armenian: ծունկ (cunk) — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Aromanian: dzinuclju — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Aromanian: dzãnuclju — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Aromanian: dzenuclju — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Eastern Arrernte: ampere — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Assamese: আঁঠু (ãthu) — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Asturian: rodiya — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Asturian: rodiella — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Avar: наку (naku) — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Azerbaijani: diz — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • West Coast Bajau: tu'ut — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Baluchi: کونڈ (konď) — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Bangi: libolongo — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Bashkir: тубыҡ (tubıq) — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Basque: belaun — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Belarusian: кале́на (kaljéna) — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Bengali: হাঁটু (hãṭu) — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Bhojpuri: घुटना (ghuṭənā) — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Bau Bidayuh: koruob — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Central Bikol: tuhod — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Boloki: libongó — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Breton: glin — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Bulgarian: коля́но (koljáno) — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Burmese: ဒူး (du:) — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Buryat: үвдэг (üvdeg) — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Catalan: genoll — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Cebuano: tuhod — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Central Atlas Tamazight: ⴰⴼⵓⴷ (afud) — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Chakma: 𑄃𑄙𑄪 (ādhu) — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Chamicuro: melo'ti — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Chechen: гола (gola) — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Chepang: क्य्रोङः — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Cherokee: ᎧᏂᎨᏂ (kanigeni) — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Chichewa: bondo — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Chinese Cantonese: 膝頭哥 /膝头哥 — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Chinese Cantonese: 膝頭 /膝头 (sat1 tau4) — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Eastern Min Chinese: 跤腹頭 /跤腹头 (kă-bók-tàu) — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Chinese: 跤頭趺 /跤头趺 (zh-min-nan) — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Jin Chinese: 圪膝蓋 /圪膝盖 (geh5 qieh4 gai3) — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Chinese Mandarin: 膝 (xī) — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Chinese Mandarin: 膝蓋 /膝盖 (xīgài) — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Northern Min Chinese: 跤腹頭 /跤腹头 (káu-bŭ-tê) — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Wu Chinese: 腳饅頭 /脚馒头 (7ciaq-moe-deu) — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Chuvash: чӗркуҫҫи (čĕrk̬uśśi) — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • West Circassian: лъэгуанджэ (lsɛgwandžɛ) — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Maore Comorian: gunguni — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Ngazidja Comorian: gunguno — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Ngazidja Comorian: gungunu — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Coptic: ⲕⲉⲗⲓ (keli) — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Coptic: ⲫⲁⲧ (phat) — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Corsican: ghjinochju — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Cree: ᒥᐦᒋᑲᐧᐣ (mihcikayn) — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Crimean Tatar: tiz — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Czech: koleno — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Dalmatian: denacle — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Danish: knæ — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Daur: tolcig — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Dongxiang: odou — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Dusun: totud (Tambunan Dusun) — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Dutch: knie — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Egyptian: p-A-D (pꜣḏ) — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Elfdalian: kni — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Emilian: źnòć — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Esperanto: genuo — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Estonian: põlv — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Even: хэнӈэн (hənŋən) — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Evenki: хэнңэн — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Faroese: knæ — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Fijian: duru — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Finnish: polvi — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • French: genou — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Old French: genoill — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • West-Frisian: knibbel — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Friulian: zenoli — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Friulian: genoli — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Galician: xeonllo — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Gallurese: ghinocchiu — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Ge'ez: ብርክ (bərk) — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Georgian: მუხლი (muxli) — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • German: Knie — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • German: Chnüü — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Gothic: 𐌺𐌽𐌹𐌿 (kniu) — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Greek: γόνατο (gónato) — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Ancient Greek: γόνυ (gónu) — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Cappadocian Greek: γόνατο (gónato) — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Pontic Greek: γόνοτο (gónoto) — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Tsakonian: γοῦνα (goῦna) — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Greenlandic: seeqqoq — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Gujarati: ઘૂંટણ (ghū̃ṭaṇ) — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Haitian Creole: jenou — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Hausa: gwiwa — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Hawaiian: kuli — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Hebrew: בֶּרֶךְ (bérekh) — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Higaonon: tuhud — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Hiligaynon: tuhod — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Hindi: घुटना (ghuṭnā) — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Hittite: 𒄀𒉡 (ge-nu) — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • White Hmong: hauv caug — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Hopi: tamö — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Hungarian: térd — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Icelandic: hné — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Icelandic: kné — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Ido: genuo — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Indonesian: lutut — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Indonesian: dengkul — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Ingush: гола (gola) — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Interlingua: genu — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Iranun: leb — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Irish: glúin — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Old Irish: glún — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Istriot: zanucio — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Istro-Romanian: jeruncľu — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Italian: ginocchio — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Japanese: 膝 (hiza) — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Javanese: dhengkul — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Javanese: jengku — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Old Javanese: dĕkung — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Kabuverdianu: duedju — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Kaitag: кьвакь (q̇vaq̇) — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Kaitag: кьулкьупп (q̇ulq̇upp) — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Kalmyk: өвдг (övdg) — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Kannada: ಮೊಣಕಾಲು (moṇakālu) — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Kapampangan: tud — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Kashubian: kòlano — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Kazakh: тізе (tıze) — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Eastern Khanty: ҷанҷ (č̣anč̣) — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Northern Khanty: шанш (šanš) — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Khinalug: ник (nik) — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Khmer: ជង្គង់ (cŭəngkŭəng) — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Kikuyu: iru — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Kimaragang: totud — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Kongo: dibolongo — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Korean: 무릎 (mureup) — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Central Kurdish: ئەژنۆ (ejno) — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Central Kurdish: چۆک (çok) — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Northern Kurdish: çok — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Kyrgyz: тизе (tize) — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Lak: ник (nik) — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Lao: ຫົວເຂົ່າ (hūa khao) — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Latgalian: ceļs — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Latin: genu — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Latin: geniculum — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Latvian: celis — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Laz: burguli — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Limburgish: kneen — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Lingala: libolongo — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Lingala: libongó — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Linngithigh: nggo — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Lithuanian: kelis — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Lombard: zeneugg — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Lotud: totud — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Lotud: otud — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Low German: Knee — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Lutuv: pakhuv — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Luxembourgish: Knéi — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Macedonian: колено (koleno) — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Maguindanao: leb — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Malagasy: lohalika — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Malay: lutut — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Malay: tuhut — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Malay: dengkul — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Brunei Malay: tuhut — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Malayalam: കാൽമുട്ട് (kālmuṭṭŭ) — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Maltese: rkoppa — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Manchu: ᡨᠣᠪᡤᡳᡟᠠ (tobgiya) — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Mandinka: kumbaliŋo — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Mangghuer: bodo — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Mansaka: tood — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Manx: glioon — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Māori: turi — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Maranao: leb — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Marathi: गुडघा (guḍghā) — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Megleno-Romanian: zinucľu — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Central Melanau: bukou — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Middle English: kne — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Mirandese: zinolho — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Mon: က္ၜံၚ် (kḅåṅ) — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Mongghul: yiidog — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Mongolian: өвдөг (övdög) — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Mongolian: ᠡᠪᠦᠳᠦᠭ (ebüdüg) — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Tagal Murut: atur — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Timugon Murut: atur — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Khiamniungan Naga: shīekāuhkhèu — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Nanai: пэйнгэн (pejŋen) — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Navajo: agod — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Nepali: घुँडा (ghũḍā) — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Newar: पुलि (puli) — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Nivkh: пих (pix) — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Norman: g'nou — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kne — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kne — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Nottoway-Meherrin: sunsheke — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Occitan: genolh — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Odia: ଆଣ୍ଠୁ (āṇṭhu) — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Northern Ohlone: tú̄mis — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Ojibwe: ingidig — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Church Slavic: колѣно (kolěno) — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Old East Slavic: колѣно (kolěno) — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Old English: cnēow — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Oromo: jilba — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Ossetian: уӕраг (wærag) — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Ossetian: зоныг (zonyg) — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Pali: jānu — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Pangasinan: pueg — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Pannonian Rusyn: колєно (koljeno) — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Paraujano: oopiye — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Pashto: زنګون (zangun) — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Pennsylvania German: Gnie — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Dari: زَانُو (zānū) — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Iranian Persian: زانو (zânu) — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Pitjantjatjara: muṯi — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Plautdietsch: Kjnee — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Polish: kolano — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Portuguese: joelho — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Prakrit: 𑀚𑀸𑀡𑀼 (jāṇu) — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Punjabi: ਗੋਡਾ (goḍā) — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Punjabi: گوڈا (goḍā) — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Rapa Nui: turi va'e — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Réunion Creole French: zonou — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Romagnol: znoc — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Romanian: genunchi — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Romansh: schanugl — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Romansh: schnuogl — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Rungus: otud — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Russian: коле́но (koléno) — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Sabah Bisaya: otud — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Saho: gulub — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Inari-Sami: iidâ — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Northern Sami: čibbi — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Northern Sami: buolva — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Skolt-Sami: puõlvv — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Sanskrit: जानु (jānu) — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Scottish Gaelic: glùn — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Scottish Gaelic: glùin — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Sebop: lep — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Serbo-Croatian: ко̀љено — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Serbo-Croatian: ко̀лено — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Serbo-Croatian: kòljeno — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Serbo-Croatian: kòleno — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Sherpa: པིས་མུང (pis mung) — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Sinhalese: දණ (daṇa) — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Slovak: koleno — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Slovene: koleno — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Somali: jilib — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Lower Sorbian: kóleno — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Upper Sorbian: koleno — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Spanish: rodilla — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Spanish: hinojo — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Sranan Tongo: kindi — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Sundanese: tuur — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Sundanese: teku — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Svan: ღულა̈ჲ (ɣuläy) — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Swahili: goti — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Swedish: knä — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Sylheti: ꠀꠑꠥ (aṭú) — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Tagalog: tuhod — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Tajik: зону (zonu) — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Tamil: முழங்கால் (muḻaṅkāl) — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Tarantino: genocchie — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Tat: zani — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Tatar: тез (tez) — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Tausug: tuhud — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Telugu: మోకాలు (mōkālu) — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Tetum: ain-tuur — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Thai: เข่า (kào) — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Thai: หัวเข่า (hǔua-kào) — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Tibetan: པུས་མོ (pus mo) — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Tibetan: ཞབས་པུས (zhabs pus) — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Tigrinya: ብርኪ (bərki) — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Tiruray: tur — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Tocharian A: kanweṃ du — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Tocharian B: keni du — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Tok Pisin: skru — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Tok Pisin: skru bilong lek — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Tongan: tui — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Tooro: okuju class 15 — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Turkish: diz — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Ottoman Turkish: دیز (diz) — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Ottoman Turkish: زانو (zanu) — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Ottoman Turkish: ركبه (rükbe) — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Turkmen: dyz — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Tuvan: дискек (diskek) — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Udi: кӏаъкӏаъпӏ (ḳa̱ḳa̱ṗ) — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Udi: кӏеъкӏеъпӏ (ḳe̱ḳe̱ṗ) — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Udmurt: пыдес (pyďes) — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Ugaritic: 𐎁𐎗𐎋 (brk) — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Ukrainian: колі́но (kolíno) — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Urdu: گُھٹْنا (ghuṭnā) — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Uyghur: تىز (tiz) — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Uzbek: tizza — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Venetan: zenocio — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Vietnamese: đầu gối — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Vietnamese: gối — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Vilamovian: kni — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Volapük: kien — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Walloon: djno — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Walloon: djino — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Waray-Waray: tuhod — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Welsh: pen-glin — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Welsh: pen-lin — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Welsh: glin — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Winnebago: huuporo — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Woiwurrung: barring — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Wolof: óom — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Xhosa: idolo — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Yagara: buhn — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Yaghnobi: зонк (zonk) — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Yakut: түһах (tühaq) — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Yámana: tulepuS — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Yiddish: קני (kni) — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Yoruba: orúnkún — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Yoruba: eékún — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Yup'ik: ciisquq — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Yurok: 'errkerhl — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Zazaki: çoq — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Zealandic: knie — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Zhuang: gyaeujhoq — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Zhuang: hoq — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Zulu: idolo — joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
  • Finnish: etupolvi — carpal joint of a horse or related animal
  • Spanish: rodilla — carpal joint of a horse or related animal
  • Bulgarian: наколе́нник (nakolénnik) — part of a garment
  • Finnish: polvi — part of a garment
  • German: Knie — part of a garment
  • Russian: наколе́нник (nakolénnik) — part of a garment
  • Finnish: polvi — shipbuilding: piece of timber or metal formed with an angle
  • Middle English: kne — shipbuilding: piece of timber or metal formed with an angle
  • Turkish: paraçol — shipbuilding: piece of timber or metal formed with an angle
  • Ottoman Turkish: پراچول (paraçol, pıraçol) — shipbuilding: piece of timber or metal formed with an angle
  • Aramaic: ברכא (birkā) — act of kneeling
  • Aramaic: ܒܘܪܟܐ (burkā) — act of kneeling
  • Esperanto: surgenuiĝo — act of kneeling
  • Finnish: polvistuminen — act of kneeling
  • Galician: axeonllarse — act of kneeling
  • Georgian: დაჩოქება (dačokeba) — act of kneeling
  • German: Kniefall — act of kneeling
  • Bulgarian: коля́но (koljáno) — any knee-shaped item or sharp angle in a line
  • Finnish: polvi — any knee-shaped item or sharp angle in a line
  • Russian: коле́но (koléno) — any knee-shaped item or sharp angle in a line
  • Bulgarian: коленича (koleniča) — To kneel to
  • Finnish: polvistua — To kneel to
  • French: s'agenouiller — To kneel to
  • French: se mettre à genoux — To kneel to
  • German: knien — To kneel to
  • Italian: ginocchio — To kneel to
  • French: mettre un coup de genou — To poke or strike with the knee
  • French: donner un coup de genou — To poke or strike with the knee