koleno

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See also: kóleno

Czech

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Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech koleno, from Proto-Slavic *kolěno.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
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  • Rhymes: -ɛno
  • Hyphenation: ko‧le‧no

Noun

koleno n

  1. (anatomy) knee (of a human, animal, robot, puppet, etc.)

Declension

Noun

koleno n

  1. something similar to a knee:
    1. bend (in a river)
    2. elbow (in a pipe)
  2. generation
    Synonyms: pokolení, generace

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • koleno”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • koleno”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • koleno”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Lower Sorbian

Noun

koleno n (diminutive kolenko)

  1. Superseded spelling of kóleno.

Declension

Derived terms

Old Czech

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kolěno.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈkolɛno/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈkolɛno/

Noun

koleno n

  1. knee
    na koleno přivéstito bring to the knees
    Jeho koleně třasúce sě tepiešta sě v hromadu.His knees were beating against each other trembling.
  2. kneecap
  3. generation
  4. (collective) creatures

Declension

original
later as well

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Czech: koleno

Further reading

Polish

Pronunciation

Noun

koleno n

  1. (Chełmno-Dobrzyń) Alternative form of kolano

Further reading

  • Antoni Krasnowolski (1879) “koleno”, in Album uczącéj się młodzieży polskiéj poświęcone Józefowi Ignacemu Kraszewskiemu z powodu jubileuszu jego pięćdziesięcioletniéj działalności literackiéj (in Polish), Lviv: Czytelni Akademickiéj Lwowskiéj; "Gaz. Narod." J. Dobrzańskiego i K. Gromana, Słowniczek prowincjalizmów zebranych w ziemi chełmińskiej i świeckiej, page 304

Serbo-Croatian

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Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kolěno.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kǒleno/
  • Hyphenation: ko‧le‧no

Noun

kòleno n (Cyrillic spelling ко̀лено)

  1. knee
  2. joint, bent
  3. knot
  4. knuckle
  5. angle
  6. generation, descent
  7. family, race, house

Declension

References

  • koleno”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Slovak

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Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kolěno.

Pronunciation

Noun

koleno n (genitive singular kolena, nominative plural kolená, genitive plural kolien, declension pattern of mesto)

  1. knee
  2. (archaic) generation

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • koleno”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024

Slovene

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Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kolěno.

Pronunciation

Noun

kolẹ́no n

  1. (anatomy) knee

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Neuter, hard
nom. sing. koléno
gen. sing. koléna
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
koléno koléni koléna
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
koléna kolén kolén
dative
(dajȃlnik)
kolénu kolénoma kolénom
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
koléno koléni koléna
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
kolénu kolénih kolénih
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
kolénom kolénoma koléni

Further reading

  • koleno”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024

Upper Sorbian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kolě̀no.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɔlɛnɔ/
  • Rhymes: -ɔlɛnɔ
  • Hyphenation: ko‧le‧no
  • Syllabification: ko‧le‧no

Noun

koleno n (diminutive kolenko)

  1. (anatomy) knee (anterior, prominent part of the region corresponding to the articulation of the femur with the tibia)

Declension

References