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4-letter words (1 found)

GENU,

3-letter words (7 found)

ENG,GEN,GNU,GUE,GUN,NEG,NUG,

2-letter words (6 found)

EN,GU,NE,NU,UG,UN,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

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All 4 letters words made out of genu

genu egnu gneu ngeu engu negu geun egun guen ugen eugn uegn gnue ngue gune ugne nuge unge enug neug eung ueng nueg uneg

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Definitions and meaning of genu

genu

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin genu (“knee”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛn.juː/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒiˌnu/, /ˈd͡ʒɛn.(j)u/
  • Rhymes: -ɛnjuː

Noun

genu (plural genua)

  1. (anatomy, zootomy) The knee.
    Hyponyms: genu valgum, genu varum
    1. A knee-like structure, in particular a bend in the corpus callosum of mammals.

Derived terms

  • genual
  • genu-

Related terms

  • geniculate

References

  • “genu”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
  • “genu”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Anagrams

  • Egun

Latin

Alternative forms

  • genum, genus

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *genu, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu. Cognate with Ancient Greek γόνῠ (gónu, “knee; plant node”), German Knie, English knee, Dutch knie.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈɡe.nuː/, [ˈɡɛnuː] or IPA(key): /ˈɡe.nu/, [ˈɡɛnʊ]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒe.nu/, [ˈd͡ʒɛːnu]
  • Note: the nominative/accusative ending vowel of 4th declension neuters is etymologically expected to be short, and is stated to be so by late grammarians. A long vowel would also be expected to be subject to iambic shortening in most forms. There are only two passages that conclusively require a long scansion.

Noun

genū n (genitive genūs); fourth declension

  1. (literally, anatomy) a knee, kneejoint, kneepan
    • 4th century, St. Jerome, Vulgate, Philippians 2:10 [2]
  2. an elbow
  3. (transferred sense) an act of kneeling or beseeching
  4. (transferred sense, botany) a knot, joint
    Synonym: geniculum

Inflection

Fourth-declension noun (neuter).

A rare genitive singular form genoris is attested epigraphically.

Derived terms

  • geniculum
  • genuflecto

Descendants

  • Portuguese: geio (“terrace”) (Trás-os-Montes)

References

  • “genu”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Further reading

  • “genu”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • genu in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • genu in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[3], London: Macmillan and Co.

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