poplit

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpɒp.lɪt/
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• General-American: /ˈpɑp.lɪt/
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• rhymes with -ɒplɪt
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˌpɒpˈlɪt/
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An adaptation of poplit-, the oblique stem of the Latin poples (“the ham of the knee; the knee itself”).

From pop (“popular”) + lit (“literature”).

28 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Catalan: fossa poplítia — fossa at the back of the knee joint
• Catalan: sofraja — fossa at the back of the knee joint
• Chinese Mandarin: 膝窩 /膝窝 (xīwō) — fossa at the back of the knee joint
• Czech: podkolenní jamka — fossa at the back of the knee joint
• Danish: knæhase — fossa at the back of the knee joint
• Finnish: polvitaive — fossa at the back of the knee joint
• French: fosse poplitée — fossa at the back of the knee joint
• French: jarret — fossa at the back of the knee joint
• Galician: sofraxe — fossa at the back of the knee joint
• German: Kniekehle — fossa at the back of the knee joint
• Ancient Greek: κώληψ (kṓlēps) — fossa at the back of the knee joint
• Hungarian: térdhajlat — fossa at the back of the knee joint
• Icelandic: hnésbót — fossa at the back of the knee joint
• Irish: ioscaid — fossa at the back of the knee joint
• Italian: poplite — fossa at the back of the knee joint
• Japanese: 膝窩 (shikka) — fossa at the back of the knee joint
• Kapampangan: pitlungan — fossa at the back of the knee joint
• Korean: 오금 (ogeum) — fossa at the back of the knee joint
• Korean: 슬와 (seurwa) — fossa at the back of the knee joint
• Latin: poples — fossa at the back of the knee joint
• Malagasy: talikana — fossa at the back of the knee joint
• Norwegian Bokmål: knehase — fossa at the back of the knee joint
• Norwegian Nynorsk: knehase — fossa at the back of the knee joint
• Polish: dół podkolanowy — fossa at the back of the knee joint
• Spanish: corva — fossa at the back of the knee joint
• Swedish: knäveck — fossa at the back of the knee joint
• Tagalog: alakalakan — fossa at the back of the knee joint
• Polish: literatura popularna — popular literature