poplit

English

WOTD – 23 October 2015

Etymology 1

An adaptation of poplit-, the oblique stem of the Latin poples (“the ham of the knee”, “the hough”, “the hock”; transferred sense, in general, “the knee”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpɒplɪt/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑplɪt/

Noun

poplit (plural poplits)

1. The shallow depression (fossa) located at the back of the knee joint; the popliteal fossa or “knee pit”.

Related terms

• popliteal
• popliteus
• poplitic
• poplitical

Translations

fossa at the back of the knee joint

• Catalan: fossa poplítia f, sofraja (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 膝窩／膝窝 (xīwō)

• Czech: podkolenní jamka f
• Danish: knæhase c
• Finnish: polvitaive (fi)
• French: fosse poplitée (fr) f, jarret (fr) m
• Galician: sofraxe f
• German: Kniekehle (de) f
• Greek:

  Ancient: κώληψ f (kṓlēps)

• Hungarian: térdhajlat (hu)
• Icelandic: hnésbót (is) n
• Italian: poplite (it) m
• Japanese: 膝窩 (shikka)
• Kapampangan: pitlungan
• Korean: 슬와 (seurwa)
• Latin: poples m
• Malagasy: talikana (mg)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: knehase (no) m

  Nynorsk: knehase m

• Spanish: corva (es) f
• Swedish: knäveck (sv) n
• Tagalog: alakalakan

Further reading

• Popliteal fossa on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

pop (“popular”) +‎ lit (“literature”)

Alternative forms

• Poplit, PopLit, pop-lit, Pop-Lit

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, UK) IPA^(key): /ˌpɒpˈlɪt/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌpɑpˈlɪt/

Noun

poplit (uncountable)

1. (informal) popular literature

Translations

popular literature