prone

sujet, enclin

Qui a tendance à faire ou à subir quelque chose, surtout de désagréable.

En anglais simple : Likely to do something or experience something, especially something bad.

• She is prone to headaches.
• This old engine is prone to breaking down.
• Are some people more prone to mistakes when they are tired?

Comment l'utiliser : be prone to something (Young children are prone to ear infections.); be prone to doing something (He is prone to forgetting names.)

Synonymes : susceptible, liable, inclined

Expressions courantes : prone to something, prone to doing, prone to injury, prone to failure

sur le ventre

Allongé à plat, le visage tourné vers le sol.

En anglais simple : Lying flat with your face towards the ground.

• He lay prone on the floor.
• The patient was placed in a prone position.
• She found him prone beside the bed.

Comment l'utiliser : lie prone on something (He lay prone on the grass.)

Synonymes : face down

Contraires : supine

Expressions courantes : lie prone, a prone position, prone on something