recumbent

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adjective

Lying down.

Similar
lying downrecumbent bicycleaccumbentdecumbentunerect
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Meanings

adjectiverecumbent (comparative more recumbent, superlative most recumbent)

comparative more recumbent · superlative most recumbent

  1. Lying down.
  2. Inactive; idle.
nounrecumbent (plural recumbents)

plural recumbents

  1. A bicycle or tricycle that places the rider in a reclined posture.

    Synonyms: recumbent bicycle

  2. archaeologyA large rectangular monolith lying on its side, typically flanked by two large upright stones, the flankers; found in recumbent stone circles of Aberdeenshire, Scotland, and the counties of Cork and Kerry in south-west of Ireland.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA bicycle or tricycle that places the rider in a reclined posture.

Similar
recumbent bicycle
Similar
lying down
Narrower
proneprostraterecliningsupine

More synonyms by meaning

adjectivelying down; in a position of comfort or rest

Similar
accumbentdecumbentunerect
Also see
accumbentdecubitaldecumbentincumbentunerect

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From Latin present participle recumbēns, from recumbō (“to recline”).

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Translations

Bulgarian лежащ, легнал
  • лежащ (ležašt)lying down
  • легнал (legnal)lying down
Catalan bicicleta reclinada
  • bicicleta reclinadaspecial type of bicycle
Czech ležící, lehací
  • ležícílying down
  • lehacílying down
  • lehokolospecial type of bicycle
Danish liggecykel
  • liggecykelspecial type of bicycle
Dutch achteroverliggend, ligfiets
  • achteroverliggendlying down
  • ligfietsspecial type of bicycle
Esperanto kuŝa, kuŝbiciklo
  • kuŝalying down
  • kuŝbiciklospecial type of bicycle
Finnish makaava, nojapyörä
  • makaavalying down
  • nojapyöräspecial type of bicycle
French gisant, couché
  • gisantlying down
  • couchélying down
  • allongélying down
  • vélo couchéspecial type of bicycle
German liegend, ruhend
  • liegendlying down
  • ruhendlying down
  • Liegeradspecial type of bicycle
Greek ξαπλωμένος
  • ξαπλωμένος (xaploménos)lying down
Hebrew שָׂרוּעַ, שׁוֹכֵב
  • שָׂרוּעַlying down
  • שׁוֹכֵבlying down
  • אופנוחspecial type of bicycle
Hungarian rekumbens, fekvőkerékpár
  • rekumbensspecial type of bicycle
  • fekvőkerékpárspecial type of bicycle
Indonesian sepeda berbaring
  • sepeda berbaringspecial type of bicycle
Italian disteso, sdraiato
  • distesolying down
  • sdraiatolying down
  • supinolying down
  • bicicletta reclinataspecial type of bicycle
Māori tīraha
  • tīrahalying down
Norwegian liggesykkel
  • liggesykkelspecial type of bicycle
Persian دراز کشیده
  • دراز کشیده (derâz kešide)lying down
Polish leżący, rower poziomy
  • leżącylying down
  • rower poziomyspecial type of bicycle
Portuguese reclinado, deitado
  • reclinadolying down
  • deitadolying down
  • bicicleta reclinadaspecial type of bicycle
Romanian înclinat, bicicletă orizontală
  • înclinatlying down
  • bicicletă orizontalăspecial type of bicycle
Spanish recumbente, yacente
  • recumbentelying down
  • yacentelying down
  • reclinadolying down
  • bicicleta reclinadaspecial type of bicycle
Swedish liggande, liggcykel
  • liggandelying down
  • liggcykelspecial type of bicycle
Turkish yatan, yatay bisiklet
  • yatanlying down
  • yatay bisikletspecial type of bicycle
Cite this entry
APA

recumbent. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recumbent

MLA

“recumbent.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recumbent. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “recumbent,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recumbent.

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