Phrase guide

lower back

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The region of the back above the waist, also known as the lumbar region; the area surrounding the five vertebrae between the rib cage and the pelvis.

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Across languages

Translations

53 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مُسْتَدَقّ الظَّهْر (mustadaqq aẓ-ẓahr) — the lumbar region
  • Azerbaijani: bel — the lumbar region
  • Bashkir: бил (bil) — the lumbar region
  • Belarusian: паясні́ца (pajasníca) — the lumbar region
  • Belarusian: крыж (kryž) — the lumbar region
  • Belarusian: крыжаві́на (kryžavína) — the lumbar region
  • Chinese Mandarin: 腰骶部 (yāodǐbù) — the lumbar region
  • Chinese Mandarin: 腰部 (yāobù) — the lumbar region
  • Czech: bedra — the lumbar region
  • Dutch: onderrug — the lumbar region
  • Finnish: alaselkä — the lumbar region
  • Finnish: lanneselkä — the lumbar region
  • French: cambrure — the lumbar region
  • French: bas du dos — the lumbar region
  • Galician: rens — the lumbar region
  • Galician: rexión lumbar — the lumbar region
  • Galician: cadrís — the lumbar region
  • German: Kreuz — the lumbar region
  • Greek: μέση (mési) — the lumbar region
  • Greek: οσφύς (osfýs) — the lumbar region
  • Hebrew: הגב התחתון — the lumbar region
  • Hindi: कमर (kamar) — the lumbar region
  • Icelandic: mjóbak — the lumbar region
  • Italian: zona lombare — the lumbar region
  • Italian: fondo della schiena — the lumbar region
  • Japanese: 腰のくびれ (koshi no kubire) — the lumbar region
  • Polish: nerki — the lumbar region
  • Polish: lędźwie — the lumbar region
  • Portuguese: região lombar — the lumbar region
  • Portuguese: lombar — the lumbar region
  • Portuguese: rins — the lumbar region
  • Portuguese: cruzes — the lumbar region
  • Russian: поясни́ца (pojasníca) — the lumbar region
  • Russian: чре́сла (črésla) — the lumbar region
  • Russian: че́ресла (čéresla) — the lumbar region
  • Russian: чересла́ (čereslá) — the lumbar region
  • Spanish: región lumbar — the lumbar region
  • Spanish: cintura — the lumbar region
  • Spanish: lomo — the lumbar region
  • Spanish: lombo — the lumbar region
  • Swedish: ländrygg — the lumbar region
  • Swedish: korsrygg — the lumbar region
  • Tagalog: sasapnan — the lumbar region
  • Talysh: çobənd — the lumbar region
  • Tamil: கீழ் முதுகு (kīḻ mutuku) — the lumbar region
  • Turkish: bel — the lumbar region
  • Ottoman Turkish: بل (bel) — the lumbar region
  • Ukrainian: по́перек (póperek) — the lumbar region
  • Ukrainian: попере́к (poperék) — the lumbar region
  • Ukrainian: кри́жі (krýži) — the lumbar region
  • Ukrainian: че́ресла (čéresla) — the lumbar region
  • Vietnamese: thắt lưng — the lumbar region
  • Vietnamese: lưng dưới — the lumbar region