pelvis
English
Etymology
From Latin pelvis (“basin”), from Old Latin peluis (“basin”), from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“container”). Compare Sanskrit पलव (palava, “wicker-work basket for catching fish”), Ancient Greek πήληξ (pḗlēx, “helmet”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpɛlvɪs/
Audio (Berkshire, UK)) (file) - Rhymes: -ɛlvɪs
Noun
pelvis (plural pelvises or pelves)
- (anatomy) The large compound bone structure at the base of the spine that supports the legs. It consists of hip bone, sacrum and coccyx.
- (anatomy) A funnel-shaped cavity, especially such a cavity in the kidney into which urine passes towards the ureter
Related terms
- pelvic
- (cavity): hydropelvis, hydropelvic
Translations
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See also
pelvis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
hip bone on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- bone
- coccyx
- hip
- hipbone
- ilium
- innominate bone
- ischium
- os coxae
- pubis
- sacrum
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin pelvis.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈpɛl.vis/
- (Central) IPA(key): /ˈpɛl.bis/
Noun
pelvis f (plural pelvis)
- pelvis
Derived terms
- pelvià
Further reading
- “pelvis” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɛl.vis/
- Rhymes: -is
Noun
pelvis m (plural pelvis)
- pelvis
Further reading
- “pelvis”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
Etymology
From Old Latin peluis (“basin”), from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“container”). Compare Sanskrit पलव (palava, “wicker-work basket of for catching fish”), Ancient Greek πήληξ (pḗlēx, “helmet”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpeːl.u̯is/, [ˈpeːɫ̪u̯ɪs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpel.vis/, [ˈpɛlvis]
Noun
pēlvis f (genitive pēlvis); third declension
- shallow bowl or basin
Declension
Third-declension noun (i-stem, accusative singular in -im or occasionally -em, ablative singular in -ī or -e).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | pēlvis | pēlvēs |
Genitive | pēlvis | pēlvium |
Dative | pēlvī | pēlvibus |
Accusative | pēlvim pēlvem | pēlvēs pēlvīs |
Ablative | pēlvī pēlve | pēlvibus |
Vocative | pēlvis | pēlvēs |
Descendants
- → Catalan: pelvis
- → English: pelvis
- → French: pelvis
- → Galician: pelve
- → Portuguese: pelve, pélvis
- → Spanish: pelvis
Further reading
- “pelvis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “pelvis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- pelvis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- pelvis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- “pelvis”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “pelvis”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin pelvis.
Noun
pelvis n (plural pelvisuri)
- pelvis
Declension
singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) pelvis | pelvisul | (niște) pelvisuri | pelvisurile |
genitive/dative | (unui) pelvis | pelvisului | (unor) pelvisuri | pelvisurilor |
vocative | pelvisule | pelvisurilor |
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin pelvis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpelbis/ [ˈpel.β̞is]
Audio (Colombia) (file) - Rhymes: -elbis
- Syllabification: pel‧vis
Noun
pelvis f (plural pelvis)
- pelvis
Related terms
- pelviano
Further reading
- “pelvis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014