geniculate

== English == === Etymology 1 === Learned borrowing from Latin geniculātus (“with bended knee”), from geniculum (“little knee”) +‎ -ātus (participial adjective-forming suffix), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix). ==== Pronunciation ==== ==== Adjective ==== geniculate (not comparable) (anatomy, botany) Bent abruptly, with the structure of a knee. Having kneelike joints; able to bend at an abrupt angle. (anatomy) Relating to a geniculate nucleus. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Latin geniculātus (more at etymology 1), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). ==== Pronunciation ==== (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): (adjective) /dʒɪˈnɪk.jʊl.ɪt/, (verb) /dʒɪˈnɪk.jʊ.leɪt/ (General American) IPA(key): (adjective) /d͡ʒəˈnɪk.jəl.ɪt/, (verb) /d͡ʒəˈnɪk.jəˌleɪt/ Rhymes: -ɪkjʊlɪt, -ɪkjʊleɪt ==== Verb ==== geniculate (third-person singular simple present geniculates, present participle geniculating, simple past and past participle geniculated) (obsolete, rare, transitive) To form joints or knots on. ===== Derived terms ===== geniculated geniculation === See also === lateral geniculate nucleus medial geniculate nucleus genuflect === References === “geniculate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. “geniculate”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. “geniculate”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɡɛ.nɪ.kʊˈɫaː.tɛ] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [d͡ʒe.ni.kuˈlaː.te] === Adjective === geniculāte vocative masculine singular of geniculātus