prone

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English prone, proone, proon, from Latin prōnus (“turned forward, bent or inclined”), from prō (“forward”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pɹəʊn/ (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /pɹoʊn/ (Australian) IPA(key): /pɹəʉn/, /pɹɐʉn/ (New Zealand) IPA(key): /pɹɐʉn/ Rhymes: -əʊn === Adjective === prone (comparative proner or more prone, superlative pronest or most prone) Lying face-down. Synonym: prostrate Antonym: supine Of the hand, forearm or foot: turned facing away from the body; with the thumb inward or big toe downward. Having a downward inclination or slope. (military, video games) Shooting from a position while lying down. (figuratively) Predisposed, liable, inclined, given (to something) (most often, specifically to being befallen by an unsought bad outcome, rather than to undertaking a willful behavior or to having a happy accident). ==== Synonyms ==== neveling nuel ==== Antonyms ==== supine ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === prone (third-person singular simple present prones, present participle proning, simple past and past participle proned) (medicine) To place in a prone position, to place face down. ==== Derived terms ==== prone out === Further reading === prone position on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === Peron, preon == Italian == === Adjective === prone feminine plural of prono === Anagrams === perno == Latin == === Adjective === prōne vocative masculine singular of prōnus === Adverb === prōnē (comparative prōnius, superlative prōnissimē) leaning downwards, pronely slanting, leaning readily, willingly === References === “prone”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “prone”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “prone”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. prone - Latin is Simple Online Dictionary