# koleno
## Czech
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech koleno, from Proto-Slavic *kolěno.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈkolɛno]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛno
* Hyphenation: ko‧le‧no

### Noun

koleno n
* (anatomy) knee (of a human, animal, robot, puppet, etc.)

#### Declension
### Noun

koleno n
* something similar to a knee:
** bend (in a river)
** elbow (in a pipe)
* generation
    Synonyms: pokolení, generace

#### Declension
### Derived terms

* kolenní
* kolínka
* kolínko
* na koleně

### Further reading

* “koleno”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “koleno”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “koleno”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

## Lower Sorbian
### Noun

koleno n (diminutive kolenko)
* Superseded spelling of kóleno.

#### Derived terms

* kolenaty
* koleniś se
* kolenkowaś

## Old Czech
### Alternative forms

* koľeno (alternative writing)

### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kolěno.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (13th CE) /ˈkolɛno/
* IPA: (15th CE) /ˈkolɛno/

### Noun

koleno n
* knee
    na koleno přivésti ― to bring to the knees
    Jeho koleně třasúce sě tepiešta sě v hromadu. ― His knees were beating against each other trembling.
* kneecap
* generation
* (collective) creatures

#### Derived terms

* pokolenie

#### Descendants

* Czech: koleno

### Further reading

* Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “koleno”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* (Greater Poland):
** (Chełmno-Dobrzyń) IPA: /kɔˈlɛ.nɔ/

### Noun

koleno n
* (Chełmno-Dobrzyń) Alternative form of kolano

### Further reading

* Antoni Krasnowolski (1879) “koleno”, in Album uczącéj się młodzieży polskiéj poświęcone Józefowi Ignacemu Kraszewskiemu z powodu jubileuszu jego pięćdziesięcioletniéj działalności literackiéj (in Polish), Lviv: Czytelni Akademickiéj Lwowskiéj; "Gaz. Narod." J. Dobrzańskiego i K. Gromana, Słowniczek prowincjalizmów zebranych w ziemi chełmińskiej i świeckiej, page 304

## Serbo-Croatian
### Alternative forms

* kòljeno (Ijekavian)
* kolino (Ikavian)

### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kolěno.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kǒleno/
* Hyphenation: ko‧le‧no

### Noun

kòleno n (Cyrillic spelling ко̀лено)
* knee
* joint, bent
* knot
* knuckle
* angle
* generation, descent
* family, race, house

#### Declension
### References

* “koleno”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

## Slovak
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kolěno.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈkɔʎenɔ]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

koleno n
* knee
* (archaic) generation

#### Derived terms

* kolenový, kolenný
* kolienko

### Further reading

* “koleno”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

## Slovene
### Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kolěno.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kɔlèːnɔ/

### Noun

kolẹ́no n
* (anatomy) knee

#### Inflection
### Further reading

* “koleno”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

## Upper Sorbian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kolě̀no.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkɔlɛnɔ/
* Rhymes: -ɔlɛnɔ
* Hyphenation: ko‧le‧no
* Syllabification: ko‧le‧no

### Noun

koleno n (diminutive kolenko)
* (anatomy) knee (anterior, prominent part of the region corresponding to the articulation of the femur with the tibia)

#### Declension
### References

* “koleno” in Soblex