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Translate kneecap from English to French

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kneecap:
- ménisque; rotule; patella
Wiktionary:
- kneecap → rotule
- kneecap → mutiler
- kneecap → rótule, rotule

English

Detailed Translations for kneecap from English to French

kneecap:

kneecap [the ~] noun

the kneecap (meniscus; patella)
le ménisque; la rotule; le patella
- ménisque [le ~] noun
- rotule [la ~] noun
- patella [le ~] noun

Translation Matrix for kneecap:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
ménisque	kneecap; meniscus; patella
patella	kneecap; meniscus; patella
rotule	kneecap; meniscus; patella	ball head
-	kneepan; patella

Related Words for "kneecap":

kneecaps

Synonyms for "kneecap":

patella; kneepan; sesamoid bone; sesamoid; os sesamoideum
shoot; hit; pip

Related Definitions for "kneecap":

a small flat triangular bone in front of the knee that protects the knee joint¹
shoot in the kneecap, often done by terrorist groups as a warning¹
- They kneecapped the industrialist¹

Wiktionary Translations for kneecap:

kneecap

noun

bone
- kneecap → rotule

kneecap

verb

retrancher un membre ou quelque autre partie extérieure du corps.
- mutiler → mutilate; top; truncate; kneecap; maim

noun

os du genou
- rotule → kneecap

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• kneecap	→ rótule	↔ knieschijf — het schijfvormige bot in de knie
• kneecap	→ rotule	↔ Kniescheibe — Anatomie: eine in Sehnen eingewachsene Knochenscheibe, die die Gelenkhöcker des Kniegelenks abdeckt und schützt

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University