different between prone vs prore

English

Etymology

From Middle English prone, proone, proon, from Latin pr?nus (“turned forward, bent or inclined”), from pr? (“forward”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /p???n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /p?o?n/
• Rhymes: -??n

Adjective

prone (comparative proner or more prone, superlative pronest or most prone)

1. Lying face downward.

   Synonym: prostrate

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

Synonyms

• neveling
• nuel

Antonyms

• supine

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

prone (third-person singular simple present prones, present participle proning, simple past and past participle proned)

1. (medicine) To place in a prone position, to place face down.

Further reading

• prone position on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Peron, preon

Italian

Adjective

prone

1. feminine plural of prono

Anagrams

• perno

Latin

Adjective

pr?ne

1. vocative masculine singular of pr?nus

References

• prone in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• prone in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• prone in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

English

Etymology

From Latin prora (“prow”). Doublet of prow.

Noun

prore (plural prores)

1. (poetic, obsolete) The prow or fore part of a ship.
   • 1715, Homer, Iliad, translated by Alexander Pope, Book II, [1]

     These in twelve galleys with vermilion prores

     Beneath his conduct sought the Phrygian shores..

Anagrams

• Perro, Roper, porer, repro, roper

Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?re

Noun

prore f

1. plural of prora

Anagrams

• porre