joelho

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese gẽollo, from Vulgar Latin *genuclum, syncopated from earlier *genuculum, variant of Late Latin geniculum, diminutive of Latin genū (“knee”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʒo.ˈeʎ.u/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈʒwɐ.ʎu/, /ˈʒwɐj.ʎu/

Noun

joelho m (plural joelhos)

  1. (anatomy) knee
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