genou
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See also: genoù
French
Etymology
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.
Pronunciation
Noun
genou m (plural genoux)
Usage notes
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
Descendants
- Esperanto: genuo
Further reading
- “genou”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norman
Noun
genou m (plural genoux)
- Alternative form of g'nou
Categories:
- French terms inherited from Old French
- French terms derived from Old French
- French terms inherited from Late Latin
- French terms derived from Late Latin
- French terms inherited from Latin
- French terms derived from Latin
- French terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- French terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- French 2-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French terms with audio links
- French terms with homophones
- French lemmas
- French nouns
- French countable nouns
- French masculine nouns
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- French nouns with plural in -oux
- Norman lemmas
- Norman nouns
- Norman masculine nouns