kneecap

Noun

 * 1)  The flat, roundish bone in the knee.
 * 2)  A metal cover trim that fits over a panel rib after it has been cut and bent.
 * 3) A cap or strong covering for the knees, used chiefly for horses, to protect their knees in case of a fall.
 * 1) A cap or strong covering for the knees, used chiefly for horses, to protect their knees in case of a fall.

Translations

 * Afrikaans: knieskyf
 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: رَضَفَة
 * Egyptian Arabic: صبونة
 * Aramaic:
 * Classical Syriac: ܙܵܒ݂ܘܼܪܬܵܐ ܕܥܲܛܡܵܐ
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani: diz qapağı
 * Bashkir: тубыҡ ҡапҡасы
 * Basque: belaunburu
 * Breton: mell-glin
 * Brunei Malay: kapala tuhut
 * Bulgarian:, капачка на коляното
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan:, patel·la
 * Central Melanau: sulau bukou
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Cornish: penn glin
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dhivehi: ފިޔަން ކަށިގަނޑު
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: patelo
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: rodela,
 * Georgian: კვირისთავი, სამუხლე
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Guaraní: penarã
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Indonesian:, , , kunci-kunci lutut
 * Ingrian: polvensilmä, polvenkakku
 * Irish: gealacán, gealacán glúine, caipín glúine
 * Italian:, patella
 * Japanese:
 * Kannada:
 * Kapampangan: bulakus
 * Khmer: ក្បាលជង្គង់
 * Korean: ,
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish: kulavê çokê
 * Lao: ຫມາກບ້າຫົວເຂົ່າ, ສະບັງ, ຊານຸມົນທົນ
 * Latin: patella
 * Luxembourgish: Knéischeif
 * Malay: tempurung lutut, cencawan, kunci-kunci lutut, patela
 * Malayalam: മുട്ടിൻചിരട്ട
 * Maltese:
 * Maori: popoki
 * Mongolian:
 * Nepali:
 * Newar: पुलिक्वँय्
 * Norman: palette du g'nou
 * Northern Sami: čibbeskálžu
 * Ottoman Turkish: دیز قپاغی
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian: коле́нная ча́шечка,, надколе́нная ча́шка
 * Sanskrit:
 * Saraiki:
 * Scottish Gaelic: failmean
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: suklob-tuhod, suklob ng tuhod, bayugo
 * Telugu: మోకాటి చిప్ప
 * Thai: สะบ้า
 * Tibetan: པུས་མོའི་ལྷ་ང
 * Turkish:, patella
 * Ukrainian: колі́нна ча́шечка, наколі́нок, надколі́нок, наколі́нник, надколі́нник
 * Vietnamese: xương bánh chè
 * Volapük: patel
 * Welsh: padell pen-glin, pellen pen-glin
 * White Hmong: pob hauv caug

Verb

 * 1)  To destroy the knees of (a person), usually by shooting at the knees, as a punishment carried out by criminals or terrorists.
 * 2)  To attack (someone) in a way that is excessively and needlessly damaging: To cut (someone) off at the knees.
 * 1)  To attack (someone) in a way that is excessively and needlessly damaging: To cut (someone) off at the knees.

Usage notes

 * The literal sense of this term is considered a misnomer by medical professionals because only a very small minority of victims suffer damage to the kneecap.

Translations

 * Italian: ,