supination
noun
supination is spelled S-U-P-I-N-A-T-I-O-N: 10 letters. It appears about once in every 28 million words in written English, the 159,707th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, supination means “The act or state of lying face upward, on one's back” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of supination is supinations.
How many letters and syllables are in supination?
| Letters | 10: S-U-P-I-N-A-T-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 28 million words; the 159,707th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is supination?
Supination appears about once in every 28 million words in written English, the 159,707th 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).
Forms of supination
- supinations plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does supination mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The act or state of lying face upward, on one's back.
- 2
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
The act or state of combined adduction and inversion of the foot.
- 4
The position of the sword hand when the palm is facing up.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Supination in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense anatomy: act of rotating the forearm so that the palm is turned up or forward:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | supination |
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 supination come from?
From supine + -ation.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).