pubis

English

Etymology

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

Noun

pubis (plural pubes)

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

Synonyms

• pubic bone

Translations

the pubic bone

• Arabic: عانة (ar) (ʕana) f

  Egyptian Arabic: عانة (ʕana) f, سيوة (seūwa) f

• Catalan: pubis (ca) m
• Czech: stydká kost (cs) f
• Danish: skamben (da) n, kønsben (da) n
• Dutch: schaambeen (nl) n
• Esperanto: pubio (eo)
• Faroese: kokubein (fo) n
• Finnish: häpyluu (fi)
• French: pubis (fr) m
• German: Schambein (de) n, Schamknochen (de) m
• Greek: εφήβαιο (el) (efíveo) n
• Ido: pubio (io)
• Italian: pube (it) m, osso pubico (it) m
• Japanese: 恥骨 (ja) (chikotsu)

• Latin: os pubis (la) n
• Lithuanian: gaktikaulis (lt), gakta (lt)
• Low German: Schaambeen (nds) n
• Norwegian: skamben (no) n, kjønnsben (no) n, venusben (no) n
• Portuguese: púbis (pt) m, osso púbico (pt) m
• Russian: лобок (ru) (lobók) m
• Serbo-Croatian: tidna kost (sh) f, preponjača (sh)
• Spanish: pubis (es) m, hueso del pubis (es) m
• Swedish: blygdben (sv) n
• Turkish: kasık kemiği (tr)
• Volapük: pubid (vo)

Coordinate terms

• ilium
• ischium

Related terms

• epipubis
• mons pubis

See also

• bone

External links

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

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Albanian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /puˈbis/

Noun

pubis m

1. pubic hair

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pubis.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /pybis/

Noun

pubis m (plural pubis)

1. pubis; pubes

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Latin

Noun

pubis

1. genitive singular of pubes

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Spanish

Noun

pubis m (plural pubis)

1. (anatomy) pubis