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From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
See also: genoù
French
[edit ]Etymology
[edit ]Inherited from Old French genouz, genoilz plural of genoil , from Late Latin genuculum , alteration of Latin geniculum , diminutive of genū ("knee"), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu . Cognate with Bourguignon genô , Occitan genolh , Portuguese joelho .
Pronunciation
[edit ]Noun
[edit ]genou m (plural genoux )
Usage notes
[edit ]Only seven words in French ending in -ou have their plurals in -oux instead of -ous: bijou , caillou , chou , genou, hibou , joujou , pou .
Derived terms
[edit ]Related terms
[edit ]Descendants
[edit ]- Guianese Creole: jounou
- Haitian Creole: jenou
- Mauritian Creole: zenou
- Réunion Creole French: zonou , jonou (High Creole)
- → Esperanto: genuo
Further reading
[edit ]- "genou", in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
Norman
[edit ]Noun
[edit ]genou m (plural genoux )
- alternative form of g'nou
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