prostrate

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɒstɹeɪt/
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• General-American: /ˈpɹɑstɹeɪt/
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• CMU ARPABET: P R AA1 S T R EY0 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English prostrat(e) (“prostrate”, also used as the past participle of prostraten), borrowed from Latin prōstrātus, perfect passive participle of prōsternō (“to prostrate”). Participial usage up until Early Modern English.

From Middle English prostraten (“(reflexive) to prostrate; (with doun) to fall down in a state of humility or submission”), from prostrat(e) (“prostrate, prostrated”, also used as the past participle of prostraten) + -en (verb-forming suffix), from Latin prōstrātus, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more.

83 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: легнал (legnal) — lying flat, facedown
• Bulgarian: проснат (prosnat) — lying flat, facedown
• Czech: ležící na břiše — lying flat, facedown
• Finnish: mahallaan — lying flat, facedown
• German: niedergestreckt — lying flat, facedown
• Greek: πρηνής (prinís) — lying flat, facedown
• Hungarian: hason fekvő — lying flat, facedown
• Māori: taitakoto — lying flat, facedown
• Māori: tāpapa — lying flat, facedown
• Norwegian: prostrert — lying flat, facedown
• Russian: распростёртый (rasprostjórtyj) — lying flat, facedown
• Russian: лежа́щий ничко́м (ležáščij ničkóm) — lying flat, facedown
• Spanish: postrado — lying flat, facedown
• Spanish: acostado boca abajo — lying flat, facedown
• Spanish: prostrado (disused) — lying flat, facedown
• Welsh: ar ei hyd — lying flat, facedown
• Welsh: ar ei orwedd — lying flat, facedown
• Finnish: lyöty — emotionally devastated
• Finnish: maassa — emotionally devastated
• Finnish: toimintakyvytön — physically incapacitated from environmental exposure or debilitating disease
• Arabic: سَجَدَ (sajada) — to lie flat or face-down
• Bulgarian: лежа по очи (leža po oči) — to lie flat or face-down
• Chinese Mandarin: 趴 (pā) — to lie flat or face-down
• Chinese Mandarin: 平臥 /平卧 (píngwò) — to lie flat or face-down
• Czech: ležet na břiše — to lie flat or face-down
• Dutch: zich prosterneren — to lie flat or face-down
• Esperanto: terenkuŝiĝi — to lie flat or face-down
• Finnish: maata pitkällään — to lie flat or face-down
• Finnish: maata kasvoillaan (facedown) — to lie flat or face-down
• Finnish: maata vatsallaan — to lie flat or face-down
• French: prosterner — to lie flat or face-down
• Greek: κείτομαι μπρούμυτα (keítomai broúmyta) — to lie flat or face-down
• Greek: μπρουμυτίζω (broumytízo) — to lie flat or face-down
• Indonesian: bersujud — to lie flat or face-down
• Japanese: 平伏す (hirefusu) — to lie flat or face-down
• Malay: telangkup — to lie flat or face-down
• Māori: taitakoto — to lie flat or face-down
• Māori: tukupapa — to lie flat or face-down
• Māori: tāpapa — to lie flat or face-down
• Norwegian: prostrere — to lie flat or face-down
• Polish: bić pokłony — to lie flat or face-down
• Portuguese: prostrar — to lie flat or face-down
• Russian: лежа́ть ничко́м (ležátʹ ničkóm) — to lie flat or face-down
• Spanish: prostrarse (disused) — to lie flat or face-down
• Spanish: postrarse — to lie flat or face-down
• Vietnamese: nằm úp — to lie flat or face-down
• Vietnamese: nằm sấp — to lie flat or face-down
• Yoruba: dọ̀bálẹ̀ — to lie flat or face-down
• Arabic: سَجَدَ (sajada) — to throw oneself down in submission
• Bulgarian: унижавам се (unižavam se) — to throw oneself down in submission
• Chinese Mandarin: 匍匐 (púfú) — to throw oneself down in submission
• Chinese Mandarin: 伏地 (fúdì) — to throw oneself down in submission
• Dutch: ter aarde werpen — to throw oneself down in submission
• Esperanto: adorkliniĝi — to throw oneself down in submission
• Finnish: heittäytyä maahan — to throw oneself down in submission
• German: niederwerfen — to throw oneself down in submission
• German: erniedrigen — to throw oneself down in submission
• Greek: πέφτω μπρούμυτα (péfto broúmyta) — to throw oneself down in submission
• Greek: μπρουμυτίζω (broumytízo) — to throw oneself down in submission
• Greek: προσπέφτω (prospéfto) — to throw oneself down in submission
• Ancient Greek: προσκυνέω (proskunéō) — to throw oneself down in submission
• Malay: bersujud — to throw oneself down in submission
• Norwegian Bokmål: legge seg flat — to throw oneself down in submission
• Portuguese: prostrar-se — to throw oneself down in submission
• Russian: па́дать ниц (pádatʹ nic) — to throw oneself down in submission
• Russian: пасть ниц (pastʹ nic) — to throw oneself down in submission
• Slovak: zvaliť sa — to throw oneself down in submission
• Spanish: prostrarse (disused) — to throw oneself down in submission
• Spanish: postrarse — to throw oneself down in submission
• Bulgarian: повалям (povaljam) — to cause to lie down
• Bulgarian: просвам (prosvam) — to cause to lie down
• Finnish: kaataa — to cause to lie down
• Finnish: kumota — to cause to lie down
• Greek: υποκλίνομαι (ypoklínomai) — to cause to lie down
• Greek: προσκυνώ (proskynó) — to cause to lie down
• Old Irish: fo·álgi — to cause to lie down
• Latin: prosternō — to cause to lie down
• Portuguese: prostrar — to cause to lie down
• Russian: поверга́ть ниц (povergátʹ nic) — to cause to lie down
• Russian: пове́ргнуть ниц (povérgnutʹ nic) — to cause to lie down
• Slovak: zvaliť — to cause to lie down
• Spanish: prostrar (disused) — to cause to lie down
• Spanish: postrar — to cause to lie down