recumbent

English

Etymology

From Latin present participle recumbēns, from recumbere, infinitive of recumbō (“I recline”).

Pronunciation

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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
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

Noun

A recumbent bicycle.

recumbent (plural recumbents)

A bicycle or tricycle that places the rider in a reclined posture.

Derived terms

Derived terms

Translations

special type of bicycle

Breton: marc'h-houarn a-blaen
Catalan: bicicleta reclinada f
Czech: lehokolo (cs)
Danish: liggecykel
Dutch: ligfiets (nl) f
Esperanto: kuŝbiciklo m
Finnish: nojapyörä (fi)
French: vélo couché (fr) m
German: Liegerad (de) n
Hebrew: אופנוח‎
Hungarian: rekumbens (hu), fekvőkerékpár (hu)
Indonesian: sepeda berbaring
Italian: bicicletta reclinata f
Norwegian: liggesykkel
Polish: rower poziomy m
Portuguese: bicicleta reclinada f
Romanian: bicicletă orizontală
Slovene: ležeče kolo
Spanish: bicicleta reclinada f
Swedish: liggcykel
Turkish: yatay bisiklet

See also

Further reading

recumbent bicycle on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Latin

Verb

recumbent

third-person plural future active indicative of recumbō

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