pronation
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From French pronation, from Latin pronatio.
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun[edit]
pronation (countable and uncountable, plural pronations)
- Walking on the inner edge of the foot.
- (anatomy) The action of rotating the forearm so that the palm of the hand is turned down or back.
- (fencing) The position of the sword hand when the palm is facing down
Derived terms[edit]
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Anagrams[edit]
French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (file)
Noun[edit]
pronation f (plural pronations)
Further reading[edit]
- “pronation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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