Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

genouillère

/ʒə.nu(l).jɛəɹ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: genouillere
IPA: /ʒə.nu(l).jɛəɹ/

11

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

1

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A metal plate used as armour for the knee.

noun

Part of a parapet lying between the gun platform and the bottom of an embrasure.

Etymology

From French genouillère, from Old French genoilliere, which was also borrowed earlier as Middle English genulere.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: genouillère, genoilliere

Inflected Forms

genouillères (plural)

Synonyms

kneepiece

Questions

How do you pronounce genouillère?: The recorded pronunciation is /ʒə.nu(l).jɛəɹ/.
What does genouillère mean?: A metal plate used as armour for the knee.
Where does genouillère come from?: It is traced to French.

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