proclive
English
Etymology
Latin prōclīvis (“sloping, inclined”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpɹəʊklɪv/
Audio (RP) (file)
Adjective
proclive (comparative more proclive, superlative most proclive)
- Having a tendency by nature; prone; proclivous.
- 1856, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, “Third Book”, in Aurora Leigh, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1857, OCLC 1000396166:
- Eterne, intense, profuse,—still throwing up
The golden spray of multitudinous worlds
In measure to the proclive weight and rush
Of His inner nature […]
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for proclive in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin prōclīvis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /proˈkli.ve/
- Rhymes: -ive
- Hyphenation: pro‧clì‧ve
Adjective
proclive (plural proclivi)
- (literary) prone
Derived terms
- proclività
Further reading
- proclive in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin
Adjective
prōclīve
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of prōclīvis
References
- “proclive”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- proclive in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin prōclīvis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɾoˈklibe/ [pɾoˈkli.β̞e]
- Rhymes: -ibe
- Syllabification: pro‧cli‧ve
Adjective
proclive (plural proclives)
- inclined, prone
- Synonyms: inclinado, predispuesto, propenso
- 2022 July 24, Manuel Jabois, quoting Blanca Andreu, “Blanca Andreu, la poeta que triunfó a los 20 años y prefirió desaparecer: “Me halaga que me crean muerta””, in El País:
- Porque una vida tan solitaria no es una vida muy proclive a hacer cosas por los demás.
- (please add an English translation of this quote)
Related terms
- proclividad
Further reading
- “proclive”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014