astride

See also: Astride

English

Etymology

From a- +‎ stride.

Adverb

astride (not comparable)

With one’s legs on either side.
The men ride their horses astride.

Translations

with one’s legs on either side

Arabic: مُنْفَرِج اَلسَّاقَيْن‎ m (munfarij as-sāqayn)
Bulgarian: с разкрачени крака (s razkračeni kraka), яхнал (bg) (jahnal)
Chinese: 跨騎，橫跨兩側
Danish: overskrævs
Dutch: schrijlings (nl), wijdbeens (nl)
Finnish: hajareisin (fi)
French: à califourchon (fr)
German: rittlings (de)
Icelandic: klofvega

Irish: gabhalscartha
Italian: a cavalcioni (it)
Japanese: にまたがって (ni matagatte)
Maori: hāngai
Portuguese: montado (pt)
Russian: верхо́м (ru) (verxóm)
Spanish: a horcajadas
Swedish: grensle (sv), gränsle (sv)
Tagalog: bisaklat, pabisaklat, nakabisaklat

Preposition

astride

With one’s legs on either side of.
The boy sat astride his father’s knee.

Synonyms

agee, astraddle

Translations

with one’s legs on either side of

Arabic: مُنْفَرِج اَلسَّاقَيْن‎ m (munfarij as-sāqayn)
Faroese: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: kahareisin (fi)
French: à califourchon sur
German: rittlings (de)

Khmer: ច្រកគាវ (crɑɑk kiev)
Occitan: d’escambarletas, d’escambarlons
Portuguese: montado em
Russian: верхо́м (ru) (verxóm) (на na), на (ru) (na)
Tagalog: bisaklat, pabisaklat, nakabisaklat

Anagrams

Atreids, aridest, asterid, atrides, diaster, disrate, restiad, sideart, staider, staired, tardies, tirades, tradies

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