verb/aʒ.nu.je/
to kneel, to kneel down
“En rentrant dans l'église, on me pria de m'agenouiller.” — When I went into the church, I was asked to kneel.
Related: agenouillable, agenouilliste
Inherited from Old French agenoillier, from genoil (“knee”). Compare Catalan agenollar, Portuguese ajoelhar, Italian inginocchiare, Romanian îngenunchea.