English
Etymology
From Latin present participle recumbēns, from recumbere, infinitive of recumbō (“I recline”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
recumbent (comparative more recumbent, superlative most recumbent)
- Lying down.
- Inactive; idle.
Translations
lying down
- Bulgarian: лежащ (bg) (ležašt), легнал (bg) (legnal)
- Czech: ležící (cs), lehací
- Dutch: achteroverliggend
- Finnish: makaava (fi)
- French: gisant (fr), couché (fr), allongé (fr)
- German: ruhend (de)
- Greek: ξαπλωμένος (el) (xaploménos)
- Hebrew: שָׂרוּעַ, שׁוֹכֵב
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- 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
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Noun
A recumbent bicycle.
recumbent (plural recumbents)
- A bicycle or tricycle that places the rider in a reclined posture.
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Latin
Verb
(deprecated template usage) recumbent
- third-person plural future active indicative of recumbō
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