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supination

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.56 in modern English

Syllables
supina-tion
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The act or state of lying face upward, on one's back.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The act of rotating the forearm so that the palm of the hand is turned up or forward, or the resulting state of the forearm

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The act or state of combined adduction and inversion of the foot.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The position of the sword hand when the palm is facing up.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree English supine Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English supination From supine + -ation.

Usage

Inflected Forms

supinations (plural)

Derived Forms

oversupination semisupination

Phrases

semi-supination

Frequently Paired Words

pronation semi-supination supine

Questions

What does supination mean?
The act or state of lying face upward, on one's back.
Where does supination come from?
Etymology tree English supine Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English supination From supine + -ation.

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