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reclinare

Meaning

  1. (transitive) to bow, lean or lower the head
  2. (transitive) to tilt
  3. (transitive) to recline
  4. (transitive) to topple

Hyphenated as
re‧cli‧nà‧re
Pronounced as (IPA)
/re.kliˈna.re/
Etymology

Borrowed from Latin rēclīnāre (“to bend or lean back; to recline”). Cf. also richinare, which may be an inherited doublet or an internal derivative of chinare.

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