pelve

English

Noun

pelve (plural pelves)

1. (anatomy) Synonym of pelvis.
   • 1887, Ernst Ziegler, Sir Donald MacAlister, A Text-book of Pathological Anatomy and Pathogenesis:

     Calcium phosphate may form gravel and small calculi in the pelve of the kidney; the calculi are smooth and facetted, and of various de grees of hardness.

   • 1947, Gynaecologia - Volumes 123-124, page 59:

     The pregnancy had reached term. The fetal head was plunged in the pelve for a greater part; the back was found in the left part of the womans abdomen; heart-beats were not heard.

   • 2003, Kathy Reichs, Bare Bones, →ISBN:

     The pubis was often chopped off from the pelve at Wardell (Pl. 7e, f), a method which was rarely used at Glenrock. The reason is unclear, although it may have been done to break the connection between the pelves at the pubis symphysis.

   • 2018, Gloria H. Giroux, Crucifixion Thorn: Volume Two of the Arizona Trilogy, →ISBN:

     The pelve is wider, and so is its pelvic inlet bone.

Galician

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin pelvis (“bowl”).

Noun

pelve f (plural pelves)

1. pelvis

Interlingua

Noun

pelve (plural pelves)

1. pelvis

Related terms

• pelvic

Latin

Noun

pelve

1. ablative singular of pelvis

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• pélvis

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pelvis (“bowl”), from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“container”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛw.vi/ [ˈpɛʊ̯.vi]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛl.vɨ/ [ˈpɛɫ.vɨ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛl.vɨ/ [ˈpɛɫ.vɨ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛl.bɨ/ [ˈpɛɫ.βɨ]

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɛwvi, (Portugal) -ɛlvɨ

Noun

pelve f (plural pelves)

1. (anatomy) pelvis

   Synonym: (colloquial) bacia

Meronyms

• anca, cóccix, ílio, ísquio, púbis, sacro

Related terms

• cintura
• pélvico
• quadril

Further reading

• “pelve”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “pelve”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026