geniculate
/dʒɪˈnɪk.jʊ.leɪt/US/d͡ʒəˈnɪk.jəˌleɪt/
geniculate adjective: bent abruptly, with the structure of a knee.
Adjective
geniculate (not comparable)
Verb
geniculate (third-person singular simple present geniculates, present participle geniculating, simple past and past participle geniculated)
- To form joints or knots on.
- a ferulaceous caul, of two Cubits heighth, geniculated, and hard1657, Jean de Renou, A Medicinal Dispensatory
geniculate meaning in Tamil and Urdu
geniculate in Tamil
- மடிப்பு உணர் கொம்புகள்
geniculate in Urdu
- گٹھیلا, جوڑ دار
Forms of geniculate
| third-person singular present | geniculates |
|---|---|
| present participle | geniculating |
| past participle | geniculated |
| past | geniculated |
Origin of geniculate
PIE word *ǵónu Learned borrowing from Latin geniculātus (“with bended knee”), from geniculum (“little knee”) + -ātus (participial adjective-forming suffix), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
From Latin geniculātus (more at etymology 1), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Words formed from geniculate
- geniculated
- geniculation
- colliculogeniculate
- colliculosuprageniculate
- corticogeniculate
- extrageniculate
- geniculate ganglion
- geniculately
- geniculate nucleus
- geniculo-
- infrageniculate
- intergeniculate
- intrageniculate
- parabigeminogeniculate
- perigeniculate
- postgeniculate
- pregeniculate
- reticulogeniculate
- retinogeniculate
- retrogeniculate
- spleniogeniculate
- subgeniculate
- suprageniculate
- tectogeniculate
- thalamogeniculate
- transgeniculate
Phrases with geniculate
Words that rhyme with geniculate
- articulate
- aciculate
- auriculate
- denticulate
- fasciculate
- particulate
- pediculate
- apiculate
- corticogeniculate
- extrageniculate
- intergeniculate
- intrageniculate
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Questions about geniculate
- What does geniculate mean?
- Geniculate means bent abruptly, with the structure of a knee.
- What is geniculate in Tamil?
- Geniculate in Tamil is மடிப்பு உணர் கொம்புகள். See Geniculate meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is geniculate?
- Geniculate can be an adjective or a verb.
- How do you pronounce geniculate?
- Geniculate is pronounced /dʒɪˈnɪk.jʊ.leɪt/ (UK).
Words near geniculate in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: geniculate (page history and authors); geniculate (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); geniculate (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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