patella

== English == === Etymology 1 === From Latin patella (“a small pan or dish, a plate; the kneepan, patella”), diminutive of patina (“a broad shallow dish, pan”). Doublet of paella. ==== Pronunciation ==== (US) enPR: pətĕl'ə, IPA(key): /pəˈtɛlə/ ==== Noun ==== patella (plural patellas or patellae) (anatomy) The sesamoid bone of the knee; the kneecap. 2005, Roger E. Stevenson, 20: Limbs, Roger E. Stevenson, Judith G. Hall, Human Malformations and Related Anomalies, page 920, Since patella diameter is a feature of continuous variation, the majority of small patellas represent simply the lower extreme of normal anatomic variation. A little dish or vase. (mycology) An orbicular sessile apothecium, with a marginal rim distinct from the thallus. ===== Synonyms ===== (kneecap): kneecap, kneepan, rotula ===== Related terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Further reading ==== “patella”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “patella”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “patella”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== patella (plural patellas) Alternative form of putelee (“type of boat”). == Italian == === Etymology === From Latin patella. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /paˈtɛl.la/ Rhymes: -ɛlla Hyphenation: pa‧tèl‧la === Noun === patella f (plural patelle) (anatomy) patella, kneecap, rotula (mollusk) limpet ==== Derived terms ==== patellare == Latin == === Etymology === From patina (“a broad shallow dish, pan”) or patera (“broad flat dish”) +‎ -la (diminutive suffix). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [paˈtɛl.la] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [paˈtɛl.la] === Noun === patella f (genitive patellae); first declension a small or shallow pan or dish the kneecap, patella a disease of the olive tree ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== patellula (New Latin) ==== Descendants ==== → Translingual: Patella === References === “patella”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “patella”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "patella", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “patella”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “patella”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “patella”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray “patella”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin == Old Leonese == === Etymology === From Latin patella, perhaps a learned borrowing. Found in a document in Spanish with heavy Leonese influence dating to the 15th century. === Noun === patella m frying pan ==== Descendants ==== Asturian: padiella, payella Leonese: paila Mirandese: padielha === References ===