Grammatical class

Noun

genou

knee

Details

Syllables

ge-nou

Phonetics

ʒə.nu

Grammatical class

Noun

Freq. (books)

2243

Freq. (movies)

3440

Freq. (news)

3885

Sentences

J'ai mal au genou.

I have a sore knee.

A1

Tom s'est blessé au genou.

Tom hurt his knee.

A1

Je me suis cogné le genou.

I bumped my knee.

A1

Je me suis blessé au genou.

I hurt my knee.

A1

Il se cogna le genou.

He banged his knee.

A2

La neige montait jusqu'au genou.

The snow was knee deep.

A2

Il lui a tiré dans le genou.

He shot him in the knee.

B1

Il vit un pansement sur son genou gauche.

He saw a small Band-Aid on her left knee.

B1

Marie portait des bottes à hauteur du genou.

Mary wore knee-high boots.

B1

Ne me dis pas que mon genou va encore me trahir !

Don't tell me that my knee is going to betray me again!

B1

Marie soigna sa blessure au genou.

Mary treated her wounded knee.

B2