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From knee + cap .
kneecap (plural kneecaps )
( anatomy ) The flat , roundish bone in the knee .
Synonyms: kneepan , patella , rotula , scutum
( roofing ) A metal cover trim that fits over a panel rib after it has been cut and bent .
A cap or strong covering for the knees , used chiefly for horses , to protect their knees in case of a fall .
bone
Afrikaans: knieskyf
Albanian: please add this translation if you can
Arabic: رَضَفَة f ( raḍafa )
Egyptian Arabic: صبونة f ( ṣabuna )
Aramaic:
Classical Syriac: ܙܵܒ݂ܘܼܪܬܵܐ ܕܥܲܛܡܵܐ f
Armenian: ծնկոսկր (hy) ( cnkoskr )
Azerbaijani: diz qapağı
Bashkir: тубыҡ ҡапҡасы ( tubıq qapqası )
Basque: belaunburu
Breton: mell-glin m
Brunei Malay: kapala tuhut
Bulgarian: патела (bg) f ( patela ) , капачка на коляното ( kapačka na koljanoto )
Burmese: ဒူးခေါင်း (my) ( du:hkaung: )
Catalan: ròtula (ca) f , patel·la f
Central Melanau: sulau bukou
Chinese:
Mandarin: 膝蓋骨 / 膝盖骨 (zh) ( xīgàigǔ )
Cornish: penn glin m
Czech: čéška (cs) f
Danish: knæskal (da) c
Dhivehi: ފިޔަން ކަށިގަނޑު ( fiyan̊ kaṣigaⁿḍu )
Dutch: knieschijf (nl) f or m , patella (nl) f or m
Esperanto: patelo
Finnish: polvilumpio (fi)
French: rotule (fr) f
Galician: rodela f , rótula (gl) f
Georgian: კვირისთავი ( ḳviristavi ) , სამუხლე (ka) ( samuxle )
German: Kniescheibe (de) f , Patella (de) f
Greek: επιγονατίδα (el) f ( epigonatída )
Guaraní: penarã
Hebrew: פיקה (he) f ( piká )
Hindi: please add this translation if you can
Hungarian: térdkalács (hu)
Icelandic: hnéskel (is) f
Indonesian: tempurung lutut (id) , patela (id) , cencawan (id) , kunci-kunci lutut
Ingrian: polvensilmä , polvenkakku
Irish: gealacán m , gealacán glúine m , caipín glúine m
Italian: rotula (it) f , patella f
Japanese: 膝蓋骨 (ja) ( しつがいこつ, shitsugaikotsu )
Kannada: ಮಂಡಿಚಿಪ್ಪು (kn) ( maṇḍicippu )
Kapampangan: bulakus
Khiamniungan Naga: shīekāuh khǜvīe
Khmer: ក្បាលជង្គង់ ( kbaal cŭəngkŭəng )
Korean: 슬개골(膝蓋骨) (ko) ( seulgaegol ) , 무릎뼈 (ko) ( mureupppyeo )
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: kulavê çokê
Lao: ຫມາກບ້າຫົວເຂົ່າ ( māk bā hūa khao ) , ສະບັງ ( sa bang ) , ຊານຸມົນທົນ ( sā nu mon thon )
Latin: patella f
Luxembourgish: Knéischeif f
Malay: tempurung lutut , cencawan , kunci-kunci lutut , patela
Malayalam: മുട്ടിൻചിരട്ട ( muṭṭiṉciraṭṭa )
Maltese: please add this translation if you can
Maori: popoki
Mongolian: тойг (mn) ( tojg )
Nepali: please add this translation if you can
Newar: पुलिक्वँय् ( pulikwãê )
Norman: palette du g'nou f ( Jersey )
Northern Sami: čibbeskálžu
Ottoman Turkish: دیز قپاغی ( diz kapağı )
Persian: کشکک (fa) ( kaškak )
Polish: rzepka (pl) f
Portuguese: rótula (pt) , patela (pt) f
Russian: коле́нная ча́шечка f ( kolénnaja čášečka ) , надколе́нник (ru) m ( nadkolénnik ) , надколе́нная ча́шка f ( nadkolénnaja čáška )
Sanskrit: कपोल (sa) m ( kapola )
Saraiki: چُھوݨی (skr) f ( chūṇī )
Scottish Gaelic: failmean m
Serbo-Croatian: please add this translation if you can
Slovene: pogačica (sl) f
Spanish: rótula (es) f , choquezuela f
Swedish: knäskål (sv) c
Tagalog: suklob-tuhod , suklob ng tuhod , bayugo
Telugu: మోకాటి చిప్ప ( mōkāṭi cippa )
Thai: สะบ้า ( sà-bâa )
Tibetan: པུས་མོའི་ལྷ་ང ( pus mo'i lha nga )
Turkish: diz kapağı (tr) , patella
Ukrainian: колі́нна ча́шечка f ( kolínna čášečka ) , наколі́нок m ( nakolínok ) , надколі́нок m ( nadkolínok ) , наколі́нник m ( nakolínnyk ) , надколі́нник m ( nadkolínnyk )
Vietnamese: xương bánh chè
Volapük: patel
Welsh: padell pen-glin f , pellen pen-glin f
White Hmong: pob hauv caug
kneecap (third-person singular simple present kneecaps , present participle kneecapping , simple past and past participle kneecapped )
( transitive ) To destroy the knees of (a person), usually by shooting at the knees, as a punishment carried out by criminals or terrorists .
2020 , Liam Kennedy, Who Was Responsible for the Troubles? , McGill-Queen's Press, →ISBN , page 109 :The Sinn Féin press officer Richard McAuley freely admitted, “Back four or five years ago, people were getting kneecapped who should not have been kneecapped .”
( transitive , figurative , by extension) To attack (someone) in a way that is excessively and needlessly damaging : To cut (someone) off at the knees.
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.