génuflexion
French, noun/ʒe.ny.flɛk.sjɔ̃/
génuflexion is spelled G-É-N-U-F-L-E-X-I-O-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written French, the 118,416th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Génuflexion is a French feminine noun meaning “genuflection (the act of genuflecting, in the sense of bowing down)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Acte du culte religieux, qui se fait en fléchissant le genou”.
What does génuflexion mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininegenuflection (the act of genuflecting, in the sense of bowing down)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Acte du culte religieux, qui se fait en fléchissant le genou. 2. Acte de fléchir le genou en signe de soumission ou de respect. 3. Compromission. 4. Type de virage à skis caractéristique du style télémark, où on fléchit la jambe intérieure.
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 génuflexion
- génuflexions plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce génuflexion?
- /ʒe.ny.flɛk.sjɔ̃/
- \ʒe.ny.flɛk.sjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to génuflexion
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is génuflexion in French?
génuflexion appears about once in every 13 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).