"rotule" meaning in French

See rotule in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ʁɔ.tyl/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Vaulque-rotule.wav Forms: rotules [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Medieval Latin rotula. Etymology templates: {{bor+|fr|la-med|rotula}} Borrowed from Medieval Latin rotula Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} rotule f (plural rotules)
  1. kneecap Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-rotule-fr-noun-522tvkUB
  2. ball-and-socket joint Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-rotule-fr-noun-EZwdbG27 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 11 89 Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 2 21 20 21 14 4 14 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 26 15 15 17 5 17 5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: articulation à rotule, être sur les rotules, joint à rotule, rotule de montage, rotulien
Categories (other): Skeleton Disambiguation of Skeleton: 0 0

Inflected forms

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