recumbent

English

Etymology

From Latin present participle recumbēns, from recumbō (“I recline”).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

recumbent (comparative more recumbent, superlative most recumbent)

1. Lying down.
2. Inactive; idle.

Derived terms

• recumbent bicycle
• recumbent stone circle

Translations

lying down

• Bulgarian: лежащ (bg) (ležašt), легнал (bg) (legnal)
• Czech: ležící (cs), lehací
• Dutch: achteroverliggend (nl)
• Finnish: makaava (fi)
• French: gisant (fr), couché (fr), allongé (fr)
• German: ruhend (de)
• Greek: ξαπλωμένος (el) (xaploménos)
• Hebrew: שָׂרוּעַ, שׁוֹכֵב
• Italian: disteso (it), sdraiato (it), supino (it)
• Maori: tīraha
• Portuguese: reclinado, deitado (pt)
• Romanian: înclinat (ro)
• Spanish: recumbente, yacente, reclinado (es)
• Swedish: liggande (sv)
• Turkish: yatan

Noun

A recumbent bicycle.

recumbent (plural recumbents)

1. A bicycle or tricycle that places the rider in a reclined posture.

   Synonym: recumbent bicycle

2. (archaeology) A large rectangular monolith lying on its side, typically flanked by two large upright stones, the flankers; found in recumbent stone circles of Aberdeenshire, Scotland, and the counties of Cork and Kerry in south-west of Ireland.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• recumbence
• recumbency
• recumbently
• unrecumbent

Translations

special type of bicycle

• Breton: marc'h-houarn a-blaen
• Catalan: bicicleta reclinada f
• Czech: lehokolo (cs)
• Danish: liggecykel
• Dutch: ligfiets (nl) f
• Esperanto: kuŝbiciklo m
• Finnish: nojapyörä (fi)
• French: vélo couché (fr) m
• German: Liegerad (de) n
• Hebrew: אופנוח
• Hungarian: rekumbens (hu), fekvőkerékpár (hu)
• Indonesian: sepeda berbaring
• Italian: bicicletta reclinata f
• Norwegian: liggesykkel
• Polish: rower poziomy m
• Portuguese: bicicleta reclinada f
• Romanian: bicicletă orizontală
• Slovene: ležeče kolo
• Spanish: bicicleta reclinada f
• Swedish: liggcykel
• Turkish: yatay bisiklet

See also

• accumbent
• decumbent
• diamond frame
• prone
• prostrate
• supine

Further reading

• recumbent bicycle on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Latin

Verb

recumbent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of recumbō