He is sitting cross-legged.
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Cross-legged
Synonyms for "cross-legged" (6 found)
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Closest matches (2)
Adjective(2 words)
Strong matches (1)
Adjective(1 words)
Related words (3)
Adjective(3 words)
Translations
36 translations across 18 languages.
Central Kurdish
1 entries- چوارمشقی adj (having one leg over and across the other)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 盤著腿的 /盘著腿的 adj (having one ankle over and across the other)
- 翹著腿的 /翘著腿的 adj (having one leg over and across the other)
Finnish
4 entries- jalat ristissä adj (having one leg over and across the other)
- jalat ristissä adj (having one ankle over and across the other)
- risti-istunnassa adj (having one ankle over and across the other)
- jalat ristissä adv (in this manner)
Greek
2 entries- οκλαδόν adv (in this manner)
- σταυροπόδι adv (in this manner)
Hungarian
1 entries- törökülésben adj (having one ankle over and across the other)
Italian
1 entries- a gambe incrociate adj (having one leg over and across the other)
Japanese
2 entries- 胡座を掻く adj (having one ankle over and across the other)
- 足を組む adj (having one leg over and across the other)
Korean
4 entries- 다리를 꼬는 adj (having one leg over and across the other)
- 아빠다리하는 adj (having one ankle over and across the other)
- 양반다리하는 adj (having one ankle over and across the other)
- 책상다리하는 adj (having one ankle over and across the other)
Macedonian
1 entries- крснозе adj (having one leg over and across the other)
Malay
4 entries- bersila panggung adj (having one leg over and across the other)
- duduk bersila adj (having one ankle over and across the other)
- duduk bersilang kaki adj (having one leg over and across the other)
- duduk bertindih lutut adj (having one leg over and across the other)
Māori
3 entries- waewae raka adj (having one leg over and across the other)
- waewae whiri adj (having one leg over and across the other)
- whiringa waewae adj (having one leg over and across the other)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- çarmêrkî adj (having one leg over and across the other)
Persian
1 entries- چارزانو adj (having one ankle over and across the other)
Polish
3 entries- z założoną nogą na nogę adj (having one leg over and across the other)
- ze skrzyżowanymi nogami adj (having one ankle over and across the other)
- po turecku adv (in this manner)
Portuguese
2 entries- de pernas cruzadas adj (having one leg over and across the other)
- de pernas cruzadas adv (in this manner)
Romanian
1 entries- picior peste picior adj (having one leg over and across the other)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- casa-gobhlachan adv (in this manner)
Tagalog
1 entries- tansila adj (having one leg over and across the other)
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
Tom and Mary were both sitting cross-legged on the floor.
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Tom sat cross-legged on the floor.
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Tom sat cross-legged in the dark.
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