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Yes. The word patella is a Scrabble US word. The word patella is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word patella is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

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7-letter words (1 found)

PATELLA,

6-letter words (6 found)

PAELLA,PALATE,PALEAL,PALLAE,PALLET,TALPAE,

5-letter words (14 found)

ALATE,LAPEL,LEAPT,LEPTA,PALEA,PALET,PALLA,PELTA,PETAL,PLATE,PLEAT,TALEA,TALPA,TEPAL,

4-letter words (30 found)

ALAE,ALAP,ATAP,LATE,LEAL,LEAP,LEAT,LEPT,PAAL,PALE,PALL,PATE,PEAL,PEAT,PELA,PELL,PELT,PLAT,PLEA,TAAL,TAEL,TALA,TALE,TALL,TAPA,TAPE,TEAL,TELA,TELL,TEPA,

3-letter words (27 found)

AAL,ALA,ALE,ALL,ALP,ALT,APE,APT,ATE,EAT,ELL,ELT,ETA,LAP,LAT,LEA,LEP,LET,PAL,PAT,PEA,PEL,PET,TAE,TAP,TEA,TEL,

2-letter words (12 found)

AA,AE,AL,AT,EA,EL,ET,LA,PA,PE,TA,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 91 words from patella according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of patella

patella

Etymology 1

From Latin patella (“a small pan or dish, a plate; the kneepan, patella”), diminutive of patina (“a broad shallow dish, pan”). Doublet of paella.

Pronunciation

  • (US) enPR: pətĕl'ə, IPA(key): /pəˈtɛlə/

Noun

patella (plural patellas or patellae)

  1. (anatomy) The sesamoid bone of the knee; the kneecap.
    • 2005, Roger E. Stevenson, 20: Limbs, Roger E. Stevenson, Judith G. Hall, Human Malformations and Related Anomalies, page 920,
      Since patella diameter is a feature of continuous variation, the majority of small patellas represent simply the lower extreme of normal anatomic variation.
  2. A little dish or vase.
Synonyms
  • (kneecap): kneecap, kneepan, rotula
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Further reading

  • “patella”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “patella”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • “patella”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Etymology 2

Noun

patella (plural patellas)

  1. Alternative form of putelee (“type of boat”)

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /paˈtɛl.la/
  • Rhymes: -ɛlla
  • Hyphenation: pa‧tèl‧la

Noun

patella f (plural patelle)

  1. (anatomy) patella, kneecap, rotula
  2. (mollusk) limpet

Derived terms

  • patellare

Latin

Etymology

From patina (“a broad shallow dish, pan”) or patera (“broad flat dish”) +‎ -la (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /paˈtel.la/, [päˈt̪ɛlːʲä]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /paˈtel.la/, [päˈt̪ɛlːä]

Noun

patella f (genitive patellae); first declension

  1. a small or shallow pan or dish
  2. the kneecap, patella
  3. a disease of the olive tree

Declension

First-declension noun.

Derived terms

  • patellula (New Latin)

Descendants

References

  • “patella”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “patella”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • patella 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)
  • patella in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “patella”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “patella”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
  • “patella”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

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