different between phonate vs pronate

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???? (ph?n?, “voice, sound”) +? -ate (suffix indicating action in a specified manner), modelled after phonation. ???? is ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *b?eh?- (“to say, speak”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /f???ne?t/, /f?-/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?fo??ne?t/
• Hyphenation: phon?ate

Verb

phonate (third-person singular simple present phonates, present participle phonating, simple past and past participle phonated)

1. (intransitive) To make sounds with the voice.
2. (transitive) To use the voice to make (specific sounds).

Related terms

• phonated (adjective)
• phonation

Translations

Adjective

phonate (not comparable)

1. voiced

Antonyms

• unphonated

References

Further reading

• phonation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Phaeton, Phaëton, Phæton, phaeton

English

Etymology

From Latin pronatus, past participle of pronare (“to bend forward”). See prone.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?p???.ne?t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?p?o?.ne?t/

Verb

pronate (third-person singular simple present pronates, present participle pronating, simple past and past participle pronated)

1. (transitive, anatomy) To turn or rotate one’s hand and forearm so that the palm faces down if the forearm is horizontal, back if the arm is pointing down, or forward if the forearm is pointing up; to twist the right forearm counterclockwise or the left forearm clockwise.
2. (transitive, anatomy) To twist the foot so that if walking the weight would be borne on the inner edge of the foot.
3. (intransitive, anatomy) To become pronated.

Antonyms

• (to rotate the forearm in a particular direction): supinate
• (to become pronated): supinate
• (to twist the foot in a particular direction): supinate

Derived terms

• pronated
• pronation

Adjective

pronate (comparative more pronate, superlative most pronate)

1. Somewhat prone; inclined.
   • 1853, Elisha Kent Kane, The U. S. Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin

     The appearance of such turf , where the tree growths of more favored regions have become pronate and vinelike , and crowding individuals of non-opposing families of flowering plants fill up the intervals with a carpet pattern of rich colors

See also

• prostrate
• supinate

Anagrams

• Paterno, Protean, operant, protean, tropane