noun
Meaning 1
plural of loin
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, plural
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
loins
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/lɔɪnz/
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rhymes with -ɔɪnz
noun
Meaning 2
The pubic region.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: euphemistic, plural, plural-only
Topics: biblical, lifestyle, religion
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
The pubic region.
The reproductive organs.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: euphemistic, plural, plural-only
Topics: biblical, lifestyle, religion
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
the lower part of the abdomen just above the external genital organs
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pubes, pubic region
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: area, region
noun
Meaning 5
the region of the hips and groin and lower abdomen
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: body part
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
19 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: صُلْب (ṣulb) — the lower abdomen, groin and genitalia
- Arabic: حَقْو (ḥaqw) — the lower abdomen, groin and genitalia
- Arabic: قَطَن (qaṭan) — the lower abdomen, groin and genitalia
- Dutch: lenden — the lower abdomen, groin and genitalia
- Dutch: schaamstreek — the lower abdomen, groin and genitalia
- French: lombes — the lower abdomen, groin and genitalia
- French: reins — the lower abdomen, groin and genitalia
- German: Leistenbereich — the lower abdomen, groin and genitalia
- Ingrian: sivut — the lower abdomen, groin and genitalia
- Italian: reni — the lower abdomen, groin and genitalia
- Māori: tikihope — the lower abdomen, groin and genitalia
- Portuguese: virilhas — the lower abdomen, groin and genitalia
- Russian: поясни́ца (pojasníca) — the lower abdomen, groin and genitalia
- Russian: чре́сла (črésla) — the lower abdomen, groin and genitalia
- Spanish: entrañas — the lower abdomen, groin and genitalia
- Spanish: vergüenzas — the lower abdomen, groin and genitalia
- Welsh: llwyn — the lower abdomen, groin and genitalia
- Woiwurrung: beally goonong — the lower abdomen, groin and genitalia
- Yiddish: לענדן (lendn) — the lower abdomen, groin and genitalia