noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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/ˈpɛlvɪs/
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rhymes with -ɛlvɪs
CMU ARPABET:P EH1 L V AH0 S
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
The large compound bone structure at the base of the spine that supports the legs in hominids.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
Examples
Meronyms: hip bone, os coxae; sacrum; coccyx
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
The pelvic region of the human body.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
Examples
Elvis was swinging his pelvis around and the ladies were swooning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
A funnel-shaped cavity, especially such a cavity in the kidney into which urine passes towards the ureter.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
Examples
Near-synonyms: infundibulum, choana, cornu
renal pelvis
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: infundibulum, choana, cornu
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
a structure shaped like a funnel in the outlet of the kidney into which urine is discharged before passing into the ureter
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: renal pelvis
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: cavity, bodily cavity, cavum
5
noun
Meaning 5
the structure of the vertebrate skeleton supporting the lower limbs in humans and the hind limbs or corresponding parts in other vertebrates
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pelvic girdle, pelvic arch, hip
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: girdle
History
Etymology
From Latin pēlvis (“basin”), from Old Latin pēluis (“basin”), further etymology uncertain.
Across languages
Translations
73 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
legen
— bone
Arabic:
حَوْض
(ḥawḍ)
— bone
Arabic:
حوض
(ḥōḍ)
— bone
Arabic:
حوض
(ḥōḍ)
— bone
Armenian:
կոնք
(konkʻ)
— bone
Azerbaijani:
çanaq
— bone
Belarusian:
таз
(taz)
— bone
Bulgarian:
таз
(taz)
— bone
Catalan:
pelvis
— bone
Chinese Mandarin:
骨盆
(gǔpén)
— bone
Chinese Mandarin:
骨盤 /骨盘
(gǔpán)
— bone
Czech:
pánev
— bone
Danish:
bækken
— bone
Dutch:
bekken
— bone
Estonian:
vaagnaluu
— bone
Estonian:
vaagen
— bone
Finnish:
lantiorengas
— bone
French:
bassin
— bone
French:
pelvis
— bone
Galician:
pelve
— bone
Georgian:
მენჯი
(menǯi)
— bone
Georgian:
კუდუსუნი
(ḳudusuni)
— bone
German:
Becken
— bone
Greek:
λεκάνη
(lekáni)
— bone
Hebrew:
אַגָּן
(agán)
— bone
Hungarian:
medence
— bone
Hungarian:
medencecsont
— bone
Icelandic:
mjaðmargrind
— bone
Indonesian:
tulang pinggang
— bone
Irish:
peilbheas
— bone
Italian:
bacino
— bone
Japanese:
骨盤
(kotsuban)
— bone
Kazakh:
жамбас
(jambas)
— bone
Korean:
골반
(golban)
— bone
Latin:
pēlvis
— bone
Lithuanian:
dubuo
— bone
Macedonian:
карлица
(karlica)
— bone
Māori:
papatoiake
— bone
Mongolian:
аарцаг
(aarcag)
— bone
Mongolian:
аарцаг яс
(aarcag jas)
— bone
Navajo:
akʼaiʼ
— bone
Norwegian Bokmål:
bekken
— bone
Norwegian Nynorsk:
bekken
— bone
Persian:
لَگَن
— bone
Polish:
miednica
— bone
Polish:
obręcz kończyny dolnej
— bone
Polish:
obręcz miedniczna
— bone
Portuguese:
pelve
— bone
Portuguese:
bacia
— bone
Portuguese:
pélvis
— bone
Romanian:
pelvis
— bone
Romanian:
bazin
— bone
Russian:
таз
(taz)
— bone
Serbo-Croatian:
ка̀рлица
— bone
Serbo-Croatian:
зделица
— bone
Serbo-Croatian:
здје̏лица
— bone
Serbo-Croatian:
kàrlica
— bone
Serbo-Croatian:
zdelica
— bone
Serbo-Croatian:
zdjȅlica
— bone
Slovak:
panva
— bone
Slovak:
panvica
— bone
Slovene:
medenica
— bone
Spanish:
pelvis
— bone
Swedish:
bäcken
— bone
Tagalog:
balakang
— bone
Thai:
เชิงกราน
(chəəng-graan)
— bone
Thai:
กระดูกเชิงกราน
(grà-dùuk chəəng-graan)
— bone
