genouillère
French, noun/ʒə.nu.jɛʁ/
genouillère is spelled G-E-N-O-U-I-L-L-È-R-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written French, the 104,709th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Genouillère is a French feminine noun meaning “knee pad” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ce qu’on attache sur le genou pour le protéger”.
What does genouillère mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineknee pad
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ce qu’on attache sur le genou pour le protéger. 2. Partie de l’armure qui servait à couvrir le genou. 3. Joint articulé.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of genouillère
- genouillères plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce genouillère?
- /ʒə.nu.jɛʁ/
- \ʒə.nu.jɛʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is genouillère in French?
genouillère appears about once in every 10 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).