genu

1. 1.

   hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella

   Synonymskneeknee jointhuman kneearticulatio genus

   Broaderhinge joint

   Part ofleg

   Partspatellamusculus articularis genusgenicular vein

Other forms of genu

plural

genua

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about genu

What does genu mean?

genu means "hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella".

How many syllables are in genu?

genu has 2 syllables: ge-nu. The stress falls on "ge".

What is another word for genu?

Close synonyms include knee, knee joint, human knee, articulatio genus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genu a common word?

genu is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.