coccyx

English

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek κόκκυξ (kokkyx, “cuckoo”), referring to the curved shape of a cuckoo's beak when viewed from the side.

Noun

coccyx (plural coccyges)

1. The final fused vertebrae at the base of the spine.

Synonyms

• tailbone

Hypernyms

• bone

Derived terms

• coccygeal
• coccygectomy

Translations

vertebrae

• Arabic: عصص (ar) (ʕúṣuṣ) m

  Egyptian Arabic: عصعص (ʕúṣʕuṣ) m

• Armenian: պոչուկ (hy) (počuk)
• Bulgarian: опашна кост (bg) (opašna kost)
• Catalan: còccix (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 尾骨 (cmn) (wěigǔ)

• Czech: kostrč (cs) f
• Danish: haleben (da) n
• Dutch: staartbeen (nl), stuitbeen (nl), stuit (nl) f
• Esperanto: kokcigo (eo)
• Faroese: halabein (fo) n
• Finnish: häntäluu (fi)
• French: coccyx (fr) m
• German: Steißbein (de) n

• Hungarian: farkcsont (hu)
• Italian: coccige (it)
• Japanese: 尾骨 (ja) (bikotsu)
• Malay: tulang sulbi (ms)
• Maori: timu (mi)
• Polish: kość guziczna (pl) f
• Portuguese: cóccix (pt) m
• Russian: копчик (ru) (kópčik) m
• Serbian: trtica f, trtičnjača f
• Slovak: kostrč (sk) f
• Slovene: trtica (sl) f
• Spanish: cóccix (es) m
• Swedish: korsben (sv) c
• Turkish: kuyruk sokumu (tr)
• Vietnamese: xương cụt (vi)