poplit

poplit

English

WOTD – 23 October 2015

Etymology 1

An adaptation of poplit-, the oblique stem of the Latin poples (“the ham of the knee”, “the hough”, “the hock”; transferred sense, in general, “the knee”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpɒplɪt/

• Audio (RP)

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• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑplɪt/

Noun

poplit (plural poplits)

1. The shallow depression (fossa) located at the back of the knee joint; the popliteal fossa or “knee pit”.

Related terms

• popliteal
• popliteus
• poplitic
• poplitical

Translations

fossa at the back of the knee joint

Catalan: fossa poplítia f, sofraja (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 膝窩／膝窝 (xīwō) Czech: podkolenní jamka f Danish: knæhase c Finnish: polvitaive (fi) French: fosse poplitée (fr) f Galician: sofraxe f German: Kniekehle (de) f Greek: Ancient: κώληψ f (kṓlēps) Hungarian: térdhajlat (hu) Icelandic: hnésbót (is) n Italian: poplite (it) m Kapampangan: pitlungan Latin: poples m Malagasy: talikana (mg) Norwegian: Bokmål: knehase (no) m Nynorsk: knehase m Spanish: corva (es) f Swedish: knäveck (sv) n Tagalog: alakalakan

Further reading

• Popliteal fossa on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

pop (“popular”) +‎ lit (“literature”)

Alternative forms

• Poplit, PopLit, pop-lit, Pop-Lit

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, UK) IPA^(key): /ˌpɒpˈlɪt/

• Audio (Berkshire, England)

  (file)

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌpɑpˈlɪt/

Noun

poplit (uncountable)

1. (informal) popular literature

Translations

popular literature