rótula

See also: rotula, rotulá, and ròtula

Galician

Noun

rótula f (plural rótulas)

(anatomy) patella, kneecap

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin rotula (“small wheel”). Doublet of rolha.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɔ.tu.lɐ/ [ˈhɔ.tu.lɐ]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɔ.tu.lɐ/ [ˈχɔ.tu.lɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɔ.tu.la/ [ˈhɔ.tu.la]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɔ.tu.lɐ/

Hyphenation: ró‧tu‧la

Noun

rótula f (plural rótulas)

(anatomy, dated) kneecap
Synonym: patela
(São Paulo, Bahia, South Brazil) roundabout
Synonyms: (Brazil) rotatória, (Portugal) rotunda, (Brazil) balão, (Brazil) queijinho, (Brazil) círculo

Hypernyms

(kneecap): osso

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed directly from Latin rotula. Doublet of rol.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈrotula/ [ˈro.t̪u.la]
Rhymes: -otula
Syllabification: ró‧tu‧la

Noun

rótula f (plural rótulas)

(anatomy) kneecap, patella

Further reading

“rótula”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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