pubes

English

Etymology 1

From Latin pubes (“the hair which appears on the body at the age of puberty, the genitals”), from pubes, puber (“grown up, of mature age; of plants, downy, pubescent”); see puberty.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /pjuːbiz/
• Rhymes: -uːbiz

Noun

pubes

1. Plural form of pubis

Etymology 2

see pube

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈpjuːbz/
• Rhymes: -uːbz

Noun

pubes

1. Plural form of pube

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:pubic hair

Related terms

• puberty
• pubic

External links

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

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Galician

Noun

pubes f pl

1. Plural form of pube (pubic bones)

Noun

pubes m pl

1. Plural form of pube (crab lice)

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Latin

Adjective

pūbes m, f, n, (genitive pūberis); third declension

1. adult
2. pubescent
3. ripe
4. downy (of plants)

Inflection

Number	Singular			Plural
Case \ Gender	M.F.	N.		MM.FF.	NN.
nominative	pūbes	pūbes		pūberēs	pūberia
genitive	pūberis	pūberis		pūberium	pūberium
dative	pūberī	pūberī		pūberibus	pūberibus
accusative	pūberem	pūbes		pūberēs	pūberia
ablative	pūberī	pūberī		pūberibus	pūberibus
vocative	pūbes	pūbes		pūberēs	pūberia

Noun

pūbes (genitive pūbis); f, third declension

1. youth
2. youthfulness
3. pubic hair

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	pūbes	pūbēs
genitive	pūbis	pūbum
dative	pūbī	pūbibus
accusative	pūbem	pūbēs
ablative	pūbe	pūbibus
vocative	pūbes	pūbēs

References

• pubes1 in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879
• pubes2 in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879