supination

English

Etymology

From supine +‎ -ation.

Noun

supination (countable and uncountable, plural supinations)

1. The act or state of lying face upward, on one's back.
2. (anatomy) The act of rotating the forearm so that the palm of the hand is turned up or forward, or the resulting state of the forearm
3. (anatomy) The act or state of combined adduction and inversion of the foot.
4. (fencing) The position of the sword hand when the palm is facing up.

Derived terms

• oversupination

Translations

act or state of lying face upward

• Finnish: selinmakuu (fi), selällään makaaminen

anatomy: act of rotating the forearm so that the palm is turned up or forward

• Finnish: supinaatio (fi)
• French: supination (fr) f
• Polish: supinacja (pl) f, podchwyt m

anatomy: act or state of combined adduction and inversion of the foot

• Finnish: supinaatio (fi)

fencing: position of the sword hand with palm is facing up

• Finnish: supinaatio (fi)

See also

• pronation
• semi-supination
• supine

French

Etymology

From Latin supīnō, supīnāre + -ation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sy.pi.na.sjɔ̃/

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Noun

supination f (plural supinations)

1. supination

   Coordinate term: pronation

Related terms

• supinateur

Further reading

• “supination”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.