different between rotula vs kneecap

English

Etymology

Latin. Doublet of role and roll.

Noun

rotula (plural rotulas or rotulae)

1. (anatomy) The patella; the kneecap.
2. (zoology) One of the five radial pieces in the dentary apparatus of the sea urchin.

Translations

Anagrams

• Alutor, LAUTRO, Latour, torula

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin rotula.

Noun

rotula f (plural rotule)

1. (anatomy) patella, kneecap, rotula

Derived terms

• rotuleo

Anagrams

• urlato

Latin

Alternative forms

• rotulus

Etymology

Diminutive from rota (“wheel”) +? -ulus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?ro.tu.la/, [?r?t????ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?ro.tu.la/, [?r??t?ul?]

Noun

rotula f (genitive rotulae); first declension

1. a small wheel; roll

Declension

First-declension noun.

Descendants

• Catalan: rotlle; ? ròtula
• Old French: role
  • Middle French: rolle
    • French: rôle
      • ? Catalan: rol
        • ? Spanish: rol (“roll (list)”)
      • ? English: role, rôle
        • ? Spanish: rol (“role”)
      • ? Norwegian Bokmål: rolle (partly; also through German)
      • ? Norwegian Nynorsk: rolle (partly; also through German)
      • Portuguese: rolo
  • ? Middle Dutch: rolle
    • Dutch: rol
      • Afrikaans: rol
  • ? Middle English: rolle
    • English: roll
  • ? Middle High German: rolle, rulle
    • German: Rolle
      • ? Norwegian Bokmål: rolle (partly; also through French)
      • ? Norwegian Nynorsk: rolle (partly; also through French)
• ? French: rotule
• Galician: rolla, rolda; ? rótula
• ? Italian: rotula
• Portuguese: rolha; ? rótula
• Spanish: rolla, rondala; ? rótula

References

• rotula in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• rotula in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• rotula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Portuguese

Verb

rotula

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of rotular
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of rotular

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ro?tula/, [ro?t?u.la]

Verb

rotula

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of rotular.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of rotular.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of rotular.

English

Etymology

knee +? cap

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ni??kæp/, enPR: n?'k?p

Noun

kneecap (plural kneecaps)

1. (anatomy) The flat, roundish bone in the knee.

   Synonyms: kneepan, patella, rotula, scutum

2. (roofing) A metal cover trim that fits over a panel rib after it has been cut and bent.
3. A cap or strong covering for the knees, used chiefly for horses, to protect their knees in case of a fall.

Translations

Verb

kneecap (third-person singular simple present kneecaps, present participle kneecapping, simple past and past participle kneecapped)

1. (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.”

Usage notes

• This term is considered a misnomer by medical professionals because only a very small minority of victims suffer damage to the kneecap.

Related terms

• kneecapping
• kneecapper

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