how to pronounce patella

/pəˈtɛl.ə/

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patella is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of patella in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… meat knell of Adela patella it's not …”

meanings of patella

noun:

The sesamoid bone of the knee; the kneecap.
A little dish or vase.

patella frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word patella occurs in english on average 0.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics patella can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that patella can be often used in the following areas:

1) life, nature, and living environment;