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genu

UK/ˈd͡ʒɛn.juː/US/ˈd͡ʒiˌnu/

genu noun: the knee.

Noun

genu (plural genua)

  1. The knee.
    1. A knee-like structure, in particular a bend in the corpus callosum of mammals.

genu meaning in Tamil

genu in Tamil

முட்டி, சானு, முட்டியம், முழந்தாள்வளைவு

Forms of genu

pluralgenua

Origin of genu

PIE word *ǵónu Borrowed from Latin genu (“knee”).

Words formed from genu

Phrases with genu

Words that rhyme with genu

Questions about genu

What does genu mean?
Genu means the knee.
What is genu in Tamil?
Genu in Tamil is முட்டி, சானு, முட்டியம். See Genu meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is genu?
Genu is a noun.
How do you pronounce genu?
Genu is pronounced /ˈd͡ʒɛn.juː/ (UK).
What is the plural of genu?
The plural of genu is genua.

Words near genu in the dictionary

  1. Gentzenization
  2. Gentzenizations
  3. Gentzes
  4. Gentzler
  5. Gentzlers
  6. genu
  7. genu recurvatum
  8. genu valgum
  9. genu valgums
  10. genu varum
  11. genua

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Adapted from Wiktionary: genu (page history and authors); genu (Tamil 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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