proneとは

意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Middle English prone, proone, proon, from Latin prōnus (“turned forward, bent または inclined”), from prō (“forward”).

発音

• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /pɹəʊn/
  • (General American) IPA^(key): /pɹoʊn/
  • 韻: -əʊn

形容詞

prone (comparative proner または more prone, superlative pronest または most prone)

1. Lying face downward.

   Synonym: prostrate

   Antonym: supine

   prone position

   • 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter I, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, OCLC 24962326:

     But they had already discovered that he could be bullied, and they had it their own way; and presently Selwyn lay prone upon the nursery floor, impersonating a ladrone while pleasant shivers chased themselves over Drina, whom he was stalking.

2. Having a downward inclination or slope.
3. (figuratively) Predisposed, liable, inclined.

   prone to failure

   • 1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 141”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […]‎^[1], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, OCLC 216596634:

     Nor are mine ears with thy tongue's tune delighted; / Nor tender feeling, to base touches prone, / Nor taste, nor smell, desire to be invited / To any sensual feast with thee alone: […]

   • 2019 November 20, “Thanathorn: Thai opposition leader disqualified as MP”, in BBC‎^[2], BBC, retrieved 2019-11-21:

     Future Forward came third in the elections with 6.2 million votes, and Mr Thanathorn has since emerged as the main voice of opposition to the military-dominated government. He has been a strong critic of the powerful army's role in coup-prone Thai politics.

同意語

• neveling
• nuel

反意語

• supine

派生語