Kneecap

Etymology
knee + cap

Noun

 * 1) The flat, roundish bone in the knee.

Synonyms

 * (bone): knee-pan, patella, rotula

Translations

 * Danish: knæskal
 * Dutch: knieschijf,
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Italian: ,
 * Northern Sami: čibbeskálžu
 * Persian: (kaškak zânu)
 * Polish: rzepka


 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: коленная чашечка,, надколенная чашка
 * Scottish Gaelic: failmean
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu: మోకాటి చిప్ప (mOkaaTi chippa)
 * Turkish: diz kapağı
 * Volapük: patel

Verb

 * 1)  To destroy the kneecaps of (a person), usually by shooting at the knees, as a punishment carried out by criminals or terrorists.

Related terms

 * kneecapping
 * kneecapper

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