"joelho" meaning in Portuguese

See joelho in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ʒuˈe.ʎu/ [Brazil], [ʒʊˈe.ʎu] [Brazil], /ˈʒwe.ʎu/ [Brazil], /ʒoˈe.ʎu/ [Brazil], /ʒuˈe.ʎu/ [Brazil], [ʒʊˈe.ʎu] [Brazil], /ˈʒwe.ʎu/ [Brazil], /ʒoˈe.ʎu/ [Brazil], /ʒoˈe.ʎo/ [Southern-Brazil], /ˈʒwɐ(j).ʎu/ [Portugal], /ˈʒwɐ(j).ʎu/ [Portugal], /ˈʒwe.ʎu/ [Northern, Portugal], /ˈʒwe.ʎu/ [Central, Portugal], /ˈʒwe.ʎu/ [Portugal, Southern] Forms: joelhos [plural], giolho [alternative, dialectal, obsolete], jolho [alternative, dialectal, obsolete]
Rhymes: -eʎu Etymology: Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese gẽolho, with metathesis, from Late Latin genuculum, alteration of Latin geniculum, diminutive of genū (“knee”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu. Compare Galician xeonllo. Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|pt|roa-opt|gẽolho|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old Galician-Portuguese gẽolho, {{inh+|pt|roa-opt|gẽolho}} Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese gẽolho, {{metathesis|pt}} metathesis, {{inh|pt|LL.|genuculum}} Late Latin genuculum, {{inh|pt|la|geniculum}} Latin geniculum, {{inh|pt|ine-pro|*ǵónu}} Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu, {{cog|gl|xeonllo}} Galician xeonllo Head templates: {{pt-noun|m}} joelho m (plural joelhos)
  1. (anatomy) knee Tags: masculine Derived forms: ajoelhação, ajoelhar, joelhar, joelhaço, joelhada, joelheira, joelheiro, joelhinho, joelhozinho, joelhudo Related terms: Genebra, Génova, Gênova, genufletir, genufletor, genuflexão, genuflexo, genuflexório
    Sense id: en-joelho-pt-noun-ae9aiLAn Categories (other): Anatomy, Portuguese words derived through metathesis Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /ʒuˈe.ʎu/ [Brazil], [ʒʊˈe.ʎu] [Brazil], /ˈʒwe.ʎu/ [Brazil], /ʒoˈe.ʎu/ [Brazil], /ʒuˈe.ʎu/ [Brazil], [ʒʊˈe.ʎu] [Brazil], /ˈʒwe.ʎu/ [Brazil], /ʒoˈe.ʎu/ [Brazil], /ʒoˈe.ʎo/ [Southern-Brazil], /ˈʒwɐ(j).ʎu/ [Portugal], /ˈʒwɐ(j).ʎu/ [Portugal], /ˈʒwe.ʎu/ [Northern, Portugal], /ˈʒwe.ʎu/ [Central, Portugal], /ˈʒwe.ʎu/ [Portugal, Southern]
Rhymes: -eʎu Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Etymology templates: {{nonlemma}} See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Head templates: {{head|pt|verb form}} joelho
  1. first-person singular present indicative of joelhar Tags: first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular Form of: joelhar
    Sense id: en-joelho-pt-verb-MtGfLC~N Categories (other): Pages with entries, Portuguese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 53 3 44 Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 15 85
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʒuˈe.ʎu/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʒʊˈe.ʎu]",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʒwe.ʎu/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʒoˈe.ʎu/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʒuˈe.ʎu/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʒʊˈe.ʎu]",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʒwe.ʎu/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʒoˈe.ʎu/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʒoˈe.ʎo/",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʒwɐ(j).ʎu/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʒwɐ(j).ʎu/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʒwe.ʎu/",
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʒwe.ʎu/",
      "tags": [
        "Central",
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʒwe.ʎu/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal",
        "Southern"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eʎu"
    }
  ],
  "word": "joelho"
}

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