supination
French, noun/sy.pi.na.sjɔ̃/
supination is spelled S-U-P-I-N-A-T-I-O-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written French, the 135,114th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Supination is a French feminine noun meaning “supination” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Position d’une personne couchée sur le dos, dont les bras et les jambes reposent à plat”.
What does supination mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesupination
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Position d’une personne couchée sur le dos, dont les bras et les jambes reposent à plat. 2. Mouvement que les muscles supinateurs font exécuter à l’avant-bras et à la main de manière que la paume se trouve en dessus, ou au pied de sorte que la plante regarde vers l’extérieur.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of supination
- supinations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce supination?
- /sy.pi.na.sjɔ̃/
- \sy.pi.na.sjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to supination
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is supination in French?
supination appears about once in every 17 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).