pronation
English edit
Etymology edit
From French pronation, from Latin pronatio.
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun edit
pronation (countable and uncountable, plural pronations)
- Walking on the inner edge of the foot.
- (anatomy) The action of rotating the forearm so that the palm of the hand is turned down or back.
- (fencing) The position of the sword hand when the palm is facing down
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Noun edit
pronation f (plural pronations)
Further reading edit
- “pronation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.