prone

Signification (Anglais)

Adj

1. Lying face-down.
2. Of the hand, forearm or foot: turned facing away from the body; with the thumb inward or big toe downward.
3. Having a downward inclination or slope.
4. Shooting from a position while lying down.
5. (figuratively) Predisposed, liable, inclined.

Verb

To place in a prone position, to place face down.

Concepts

enclin

couché sur le ventre

prédisposé

face contre terre

prosterner

sujet à

sujet

étendu face contre terre

Opposé de

supine

Synonymes

prostrate

flat

apt

inclined

liable

procumbent

susceptible

likely

sloping

quick to

vulnerable

subject

given

recumbent

face down

disposed

prostate

atilt

ramped

ready

slant

flatways

lying on front

tendency

tending

tilted

trend

face downwards

flatwise

lie prostrate

out to

lying face down

acclivous

resupine

facedown

out-of-square

succeptible

stretched out

compromising

capable

lying

minded

oblique

open

orientation

persuadable

Traductions

propenso

anfällig

prono

prono

πρηνής

incline

de bruços

tendente a

propenso

propens

propenso

bocconi

μπρούμυτα

eğik

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/pɹəʊn/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: prone

In summary

From Middle English prone, proone, proon, from Latin prōnus (“turned forward, bent or inclined”), from prō (“forward”).