kneel

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• nēl
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• /niːl/
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• Early, Modern: /kniːl/
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• rhymes with -iːl
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• homophone: Neal
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• homophone: Neil
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• homophone: Niel
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• CMU ARPABET: N IY1 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English knelen, from Old English cnēowlian (“to kneel”), equivalent to knee + -le. Cognate with Dutch knielen, Low German knelen, dialectal German knielen, Alemannic German chnüle, Danish knæle, all meaning “to kneel”.

109 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Aklanon: euhod — to stoop down and rest on the knee
• Arabic: رَكَعَ (rakaʕa) — to stoop down and rest on the knee
• Arabic: جَثَا (jaṯā) — to stoop down and rest on the knee
• Arabic: ركع (rakaʕ) — to stoop down and rest on the knee
• Armenian: ծնկի գալ (cnki gal) — to stoop down and rest on the knee
• Armenian: ծնկել (cnkel) — to stoop down and rest on the knee
• Armenian: ծունր դնել (cunr dnel) — to stoop down and rest on the knee
• Armenian: ծնրադրել (cnradrel) — to stoop down and rest on the knee
• Armenian: չոքել (čʻokʻel) — to stoop down and rest on the knee
• Aromanian: ndzinucljedzu — to stoop down and rest on the knee
• Aromanian: ndzinuclju — to stoop down and rest on the knee
• Bashkir: тубыҡланыу (tubıqlanıw) — to stoop down and rest on the knee
• Bashkir: теҙләнеү (teźlənew) — to stoop down and rest on the knee
• Basque: belaunikatu — to stoop down and rest on the knee
• Belarusian: укленчваць (ukljenčvacʹ) — to stoop down and rest on the knee
• Bulgarian: коленича (koleniča) — to stoop down and rest on the knee
• Burmese: ဒူးထောက် (du:htauk) — to stoop down and rest on the knee
• Catalan: agenollar-se — to stoop down and rest on the knee
• Cebuano: luhod — to stoop down and rest on the knee
• Cherokee: ᏓᎵᏂᏆᏅᎥᏍᎦ (daliniquanvvsga) — to stoop down and rest on the knee
• Chickasaw: achokmilhka — to stoop down and rest on the knee
• Chickasaw: achokmíyyi'lhka — to stoop down and rest on the knee
• Chinese Cantonese: 跪 (gwai6) — to stoop down and rest on the knee
• Chinese Mandarin: 下跪 (xiàguì) — to stoop down and rest on the knee
• Czech: kleknout si — to stoop down and rest on the knee
• Czech: pokleknout — to stoop down and rest on the knee
• Czech: klečet — to stoop down and rest on the knee
• Danish: knæle — to stoop down and rest on the knee
• Dutch: knielen — to stoop down and rest on the knee
• Esperanto: genui — to stoop down and rest on the knee
• Estonian: põlvitama — to stoop down and rest on the knee
• Faroese: leggja seg á knæ — to stoop down and rest on the knee
• Finnish: polvistua — to stoop down and rest on the knee
• French: s'agenouiller — to stoop down and rest on the knee
• Galician: axeonllar — to stoop down and rest on the knee
• Georgian: მუხლზე (muxlze) — to stoop down and rest on the knee
• Georgian: მუხლის მოყრა (muxlis moq̇ra) — to stoop down and rest on the knee
• Georgian: დაჩოქება (dačokeba) — to stoop down and rest on the knee
• German: knien — to stoop down and rest on the knee
• Greek: γονατίζω (gonatízo) — to stoop down and rest on the knee
• Ancient Greek: προσκυνέω (proskunéō) — to stoop down and rest on the knee
• Greenlandic: seeqqumiarpoq — to stoop down and rest on the knee
• Hebrew: כָּרַע — to stoop down and rest on the knee
• Higaonon: agluhod — to stoop down and rest on the knee
• Hiligaynon: luhod — to stoop down and rest on the knee
• Hungarian: térdel — to stoop down and rest on the knee
• Hunsrik: knïe — to stoop down and rest on the knee
• Icelandic: krjúpa — to stoop down and rest on the knee
• Indonesian: berlutut — to stoop down and rest on the knee
• Irish: sléacht — to stoop down and rest on the knee
• Irish: téigh ar do ghlúine — to stoop down and rest on the knee
• Irish: bí ar do ghlúine — to stoop down and rest on the knee
• Italian: inginocchiarsi — to stoop down and rest on the knee
• Japanese: 跪く (hizamazuku) — to stoop down and rest on the knee
• Javanese: dhengkul — to stoop down and rest on the knee
• Old Javanese: dĕku — to stoop down and rest on the knee
• Kabuverdianu: juelha — to stoop down and rest on the knee
• Kapampangan: siklod — to stoop down and rest on the knee
• Kapampangan: siklaud — to stoop down and rest on the knee
• Khmer: លុត (lut) — to stoop down and rest on the knee
• Korean: 꿇다 (kkulta) — to stoop down and rest on the knee
• Central Kurdish: چەکبوون (çekbûn) — to stoop down and rest on the knee
• Latin: genuflecto — to stoop down and rest on the knee
• Latvian: nomesties ceļos — to stoop down and rest on the knee
• Malay: berlutut — to stoop down and rest on the knee
• Malayalam: മുട്ടുകുത്തുക (muṭṭukuttuka) — to stoop down and rest on the knee
• Mansaka: lood — to stoop down and rest on the knee
• Māori: tūturi — to stoop down and rest on the knee
• Middle English: knelen — to stoop down and rest on the knee
• Mongolian: өвдөг сөгдөн (övdög sögdön) — to stoop down and rest on the knee
• Navajo: ntsideegeeh — to stoop down and rest on the knee
• Norman: s'agenouoilli — to stoop down and rest on the knee
• Norwegian: knele — to stoop down and rest on the knee
• Persian: زانو زدن (zânu zadan) — to stoop down and rest on the knee
• Polish: klęczeć — to stoop down and rest on the knee
• Portuguese: ajoelhar-se — to stoop down and rest on the knee
• Quechua: ullpukuy — to stoop down and rest on the knee
• Romanian: îngenunchea — to stoop down and rest on the knee
• Russian: преклоня́ться (preklonjátʹsja) — to stoop down and rest on the knee
• Russian: стоя́ть на коле́нях (stojátʹ na kolénjax) — to stoop down and rest on the knee
• Northern Sami: čippostit — to stoop down and rest on the knee
• Serbo-Croatian: клекнути — to stoop down and rest on the knee
• Serbo-Croatian: клечати — to stoop down and rest on the knee
• Serbo-Croatian: kleknuti — to stoop down and rest on the knee
• Serbo-Croatian: klečati — to stoop down and rest on the knee
• Slovene: poklekniti — to stoop down and rest on the knee
• Slovene: klečati — to stoop down and rest on the knee
• Lower Sorbian: klěkaś — to stoop down and rest on the knee
• Lower Sorbian: kólenkowaś — to stoop down and rest on the knee
• Spanish: arrodillarse — to stoop down and rest on the knee
• Spanish: ahinojar — to stoop down and rest on the knee
• Swahili: kupiga magoti — to stoop down and rest on the knee
• Swedish: knäböja — to stoop down and rest on the knee
• Swedish: knäfalla — to stoop down and rest on the knee
• Swedish: falla på knä — to stoop down and rest on the knee
• Tagalog: luhod — to stoop down and rest on the knee
• Tausug: lintuhud — to stoop down and rest on the knee
• Tausug: luhud — to stoop down and rest on the knee
• Thai: คุกเข่า (kúk-kào) — to stoop down and rest on the knee
• Turkish: diz çökmek — to stoop down and rest on the knee
• Ukrainian: клякати (kljakaty) — to stoop down and rest on the knee
• Ukrainian: вклякати (vkljakaty) — to stoop down and rest on the knee
• Ukrainian: ставати на коліна (stavaty na kolina) — to stoop down and rest on the knee
• Vietnamese: quỳ — to stoop down and rest on the knee
• Welsh: penlinio — to stoop down and rest on the knee
• Welsh: penglinio — to stoop down and rest on the knee
• Woiwurrung: barreng-ge-gorree — to stoop down and rest on the knee
• Zazaki: çok biyen — to stoop down and rest on the knee
• Swedish: nigning — to sink down, making it easier for passengers to enter