prone

English

Etymology

From Latin prōnus (“turned forward, bent or inclined”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -əʊn

Adjective

prone (comparative more prone, superlative most prone)

1. Lying face downward; prostrate.
2. Having a downward inclination or slope.
3. Shooting from a lying down position.

Derived terms

• prone to

Translations

lying face downward; prostrate

Finnish: rähmällään (fi)

Greek: πρηνής (el) (prinís)

inclined, sloped

Finnish: vino (fi), kallistunut (fi), viettävä (fi) French: enclin (fr) Indonesian: rentan (id)

Norwegian Bokmål: prone pl., prone m., prone f., Prone n. Portuguese: inclinado (pt)

shooting from lying down position

Finnish: makuulta (fi)

Anagrams

• preon

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Italian

Adjective

prone f.

1. Feminine plural form of prono

Anagrams

• perno

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Latin

Adjective

prōne

1. vocative masculine singular of prōnus