pronation
noun
pronation is a noun meaning “Walking on the inner edge of the foot” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled P-R-O-N-A-T-I-O-N, and it appears about once in every 11 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of pronation is pronations.
What does pronation mean?
noun
- 1
Walking on the inner edge of the foot.
- 2
The action of rotating the forearm so that the palm of the hand is turned down or back.
- 3
The position of the sword hand when the palm is facing down.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of pronation
- pronations plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is pronation?
Pronation appears about once in every 11 million words in written English, the 100,430th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Pronation in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense action of rotating the forearm:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | pronation |
| German | Pronation |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does pronation come from?
From French pronation, from Latin pronatio.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).