recumbent

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)

1. Lying down.
2. Inactive; idle.

Translations

lying down

Czech: ležící (cs) 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)

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

Derived terms

Derived terms

• recumbence
• recumbency
• recumbently

• unrecumbent
• unrecumbently

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

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

• accumbent
• decumbent
• diamond frame
• prone
• prostrate
• supine

Further reading

• recumbent bicycle on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Latin

Verb

recumbent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of recumbō