astride

English

Etymology

From a- +‎ stride.

Adverb

astride (not comparable)

1. With one’s legs on either side.

   The men ride their horses astride.

Translations

with one’s legs on either side

• Arabic: منفرج الساقين (ar) (munfarij as-saqain) m
• Bulgarian: с разкрачени крака (bg) (s razkračeni kraka), яхнал (bg) (jahnal)
• Danish: overskrævs (da)
• Dutch: schrijlings (nl)
• Finnish: hajareisin (fi)
• French: à califourchon (fr)

• German: rittlings (de)
• Icelandic: klofvega (is)
• Italian: a cavalcioni (it)
• Russian: верхом (ru) (verxóm) 
• Spanish: montado (es)

Preposition

astride

1. With one’s legs on either side of.

   The boy sat astride his father’s knee.

Synonyms

• agee, astraddle

Translations

with one’s legs on either side of

• Faroese: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: kahareisin (fi)
• French: à califourchon (fr)

• German: rittlings (de)
• Khmer: ច្រកគាវ (km) (crɑɑk kiev)
• Russian: верхом (ru) (verxóm)  (на na), на (ru) (na) 

Anagrams

• aridest, asterid, diaster, disrate, staider, tardies, tirades, tradies