pubis

pubis

English

Etymology

Genitive of Latin pubes (“pubes”); see pubes.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpju.bɪs/

Noun

pubis (plural pubes)

1. the pubic bone; the part of the hipbone forming the front arch of the pelvis

   Synonym: pubic bone

Coordinate terms

• ilium
• ischium

Related terms

• epipubis
• mons pubis

Translations

the pubic bone

Arabic: عَانَة‎ f (ʿāna) Egyptian Arabic: عانة‎ f (ʕana), سيوة‎ f (seūwa) Bulgarian: срамна кост f (sramna kost) Catalan: pubis (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 恥骨／耻骨 (zh) (chǐgǔ) Czech: stydká kost f Danish: skamben n, kønsben n Dutch: schaambeen (nl) n Esperanto: pubosto Faroese: kokubein n Finnish: häpyluu (fi) French: pubis (fr) m Galician: pube (gl) f Georgian: ბოქვენის ძვალი (bokvenis ʒvali) German: Schambein (de) n, Schamknochen m Greek: εφήβαιο (el) n (efívaio) Hungarian: szeméremcsont (hu) Icelandic: lífbein (is) n Ido: pubio (io) Irish: púbas m, cnámh phúbasach f Italian: pube (it) m, osso pubico m Japanese: 恥骨 (ja) (ちこつ, chikotsu) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: hestiyê rûv Latin: os pubis n Lithuanian: gaktikaulis, gakta Low German: Schaambeen n Maori: puke (mi) Navajo: ʼá naníʼaʼ Norwegian: skamben n, kjønnsben n, venusben n Portuguese: púbis (pt) m, osso púbico m Russian: лобо́к (ru) m (lobók) Serbo-Croatian: Roman: tidna kost f, preponjača Spanish: pubis (es) m, hueso del pubis m Swedish: blygdben (sv) n Tocharian B: yoñiye Turkish: kasık kemiği, çatı kemiği Volapük: pubid

See also

• bone

Further reading

• pubis in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• pubis in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911

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Albanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /puˈbis/

Noun

pubis m

1. pubic hair

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Estonian

Noun

pubis

1. inessive singular of pubi

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pubis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /py.bis/

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Noun

pubis m (plural pubis)

1. pubis; pubes

Further reading

• “pubis”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Latin

Noun

pūbis

1. genitive singular of pūbēs

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Romanian

Etymology

From French pubis.

Noun

pubis n (plural pubise)

1. pubis

Declension

Declension of pubis

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) pubis	pubisul	(niște) pubise	pubisele
genitive/dative	(unui) pubis	pubisului	(unor) pubise	pubiselor
vocative	pubisule		pubiselor

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpubis/ [ˈpu.β̞is]
• Rhymes: -ubis
• Syllabification: pu‧bis

Noun

pubis m (plural pubis)

1. pubis

Further reading

• “pubis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014