Phrase guide

pubic hair

noun · 3 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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1

noun

Meaning 1

The hair that grows in the pubic region from puberty.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: collective, countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: nether hair, bush, short and curlies, short hairs, pubes

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A single hair growing in the pubic region.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, singular, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

hair growing in the pubic area

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bush, crotch hair

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: hair

Narrower terms: minge

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

145 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Dupaningan Agta: sabut — collectively
  • Amharic: ጭገር (č̣əgär) — collectively
  • Arabic: شَعْر اَلْعَانَة (šaʕr al-ʕāna) — collectively
  • Arabic: شعرة (šeʕra) — collectively
  • Aramaic: ܐܸܙܒܵܐ (ʔezbā) — collectively
  • Assamese: বাল (bal) — collectively
  • Assamese: গুপ্তকেশ (guptkex) — collectively
  • Bengali: বাল (bal) — collectively
  • Bhojpuri: 𑂥𑂰𑂩 (bār) — collectively
  • Central Bikol: bulbol — collectively
  • Catalan: pèl púbic — collectively
  • Cebuano: bulbol — collectively
  • Chinese Cantonese: 陰毛 /阴毛 (jam1 mou4) — collectively
  • Chinese: 陰毛 /阴毛 (im-mn̂g, im-mô͘) — collectively
  • Chinese: 膣屄毛 (chi-bai-mn̂g) — collectively
  • Chinese: 𡳞蔓 (zh-min-nan) — collectively
  • Chinese Mandarin: 陰毛 /阴毛 (yīnmáo) — collectively
  • Czech: pubické ochlupení — collectively
  • Danish: kønshår — collectively
  • Danish: kønsbehåring — collectively
  • Dutch: schaamhaar — collectively
  • Esperanto: pubvilo — collectively
  • Esperanto: pubhararo — collectively
  • Estonian: häbemekarvad — collectively
  • Finnish: häpykarvoitus — collectively
  • French: poils pubiens — collectively
  • French: pilosité pubienne — collectively
  • Galician: pentello — collectively
  • Georgian: ფაჩარი (pačari) — collectively
  • German: Schambehaarung — collectively
  • Greek: ηβική τρίχα (ivikí trícha) — collectively
  • Greenlandic: tingi — collectively
  • Gujarati: ઝાંટ (jhā̃ṭ) — collectively
  • Hebrew: שְׂעַר הָעֶרְוָוה — collectively
  • Hindi: झाँट (jhā̃ṭ) — collectively
  • Icelandic: skapahár — collectively
  • Icelandic: kynhár — collectively
  • Icelandic: hreðjaskegg — collectively
  • Indonesian: jembut — collectively
  • Indonesian: bulu kemaluan — collectively
  • Indonesian: rambut kemaluan — collectively
  • Irish: bruis — collectively
  • Irish: caithir — collectively
  • Irish: stothóg — collectively
  • Isnag: bulbul — collectively
  • Italian: pelo pubico — collectively
  • Japanese: 陰毛 (inmō) — collectively
  • Javanese: jembut — collectively
  • Kannada: ಶಾಟ (śāṭa) — collectively
  • Kashmiri: زۆک (zok) — collectively
  • Korean: 음모 (eummo) — collectively
  • Korean: 거웃 (geout) — collectively
  • Northern Kurdish: rêv — collectively
  • Lithuanian: gaktos plaukai — collectively
  • Macedonian: срамни влакна (sramni vlakna) — collectively
  • Magahi: 𑂥𑂰𑂩 (bār) — collectively
  • Maguindanao: benget — collectively
  • Malay: bulu ari-ari — collectively
  • Malayalam: മയിർ (mayiṟ) — collectively
  • Manchu: ᠰᠠᠪᡠᠯᠠ (sabula) — collectively
  • Māori: puke huruhuru — collectively
  • Maranao: benget — collectively
  • Marathi: पौगंड-कुंतल (paugaṇḍa-kuntal) — collectively
  • Marathi: सुघट-कुंतल (sughaṭ-kuntal) — collectively
  • Marathi: योनिपुष्ठ-कुंतल (yonipuṣṭha-kuntal) — collectively
  • Marathi: पौगंड-केस (paugaṇḍa-kes) — collectively
  • Marathi: सुघट-केस (sughaṭ-kes) — collectively
  • Marathi: योनिपुष्ठ-केस (yonipuṣṭha-kes) — collectively
  • Marathi: पौगंड-बाल (paugaṇḍa-bāl) — collectively
  • Marathi: सुघट-केश (sughaṭ-keś) — collectively
  • Marathi: योनिपुष्ठ-केश (yonipuṣṭha-keś) — collectively
  • Marathi: सुघट-बाल (sughaṭ-bāl) — collectively
  • Marathi: योनिपुष्ठ-बाल (yonipuṣṭha-bāl) — collectively
  • Marathi: झाटा (jhāṭā) — collectively
  • Norwegian: bellehår — collectively
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kjønnshår — collectively
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kjønnshår — collectively
  • Persian: موی زهار — collectively
  • Pohnpeian: wakar — collectively
  • Pohnpeian: limwinpohnsounpwopw — collectively
  • Polish: owłosienie łonowe — collectively
  • Portuguese: pelos púbicos — collectively
  • Portuguese: pelos pubianos — collectively
  • Portuguese: pentelhos — collectively
  • Romanian: floci — collectively
  • Russian: лобко́вые во́лосы (lobkóvyje vólosy) — collectively
  • Northern Sami: siehppa — collectively
  • Serbo-Croatian: stidne dlake — collectively
  • Slovene: sramne dlake — collectively
  • Spanish: vello púbico — collectively
  • Spanish: pelo pubiano — collectively
  • Swahili: vinyuzi — collectively
  • Swahili: mavuzi — collectively
  • Swedish: könshår — collectively
  • Swedish: pubeshår — collectively
  • Swedish: pubishår — collectively
  • Tagalog: bulbol — collectively
  • Tagalog: bulbul — collectively
  • Tamil: மறைவிட முடி (maṟaiviṭa muṭi) — collectively
  • Lower Tanana: tl'agho' — collectively
  • Tarifit: izaggwen — collectively
  • Tausug: ulalang — collectively
  • Thai: หมอย (mɔ̌ɔi) — collectively
  • Turkish: kasık kılı — collectively
  • Umbuygamu: afum — collectively
  • Vietnamese: lông mu — collectively
  • Welsh: blew cedor — collectively
  • Yakan: ulalang — collectively
  • Yámana: alačun — collectively
  • Zhuang: mi — collectively
  • Chinese Cantonese: 陰毛 /阴毛 (jam1 mou4) — singular
  • Chinese Mandarin: 陰毛 /阴毛 (yīnmáo) — singular
  • Old Czech: tlaka — singular
  • Old Czech: kosmy — singular
  • Dutch: schaamhaar — singular
  • Esperanto: pubharo — singular
  • Finnish: häpykarva — singular
  • French: poil pubien — singular
  • Galician: pentello — singular
  • German: Schamhaar — singular
  • Greek: ηβική τρίχα (ivikí trícha) — singular
  • Icelandic: skapahár — singular
  • Irish: ribe caithre — singular
  • Japanese: 陰毛 (inmō) — singular
  • Lithuanian: gaktos plaukas — singular
  • Macedonian: срамно влакно (sramno vlakno) — singular
  • Polish: włos łonowy — singular
  • Polish: łoniak — singular
  • Portuguese: pelo púbico — singular
  • Portuguese: pelo pubiano — singular
  • Portuguese: pentelho — singular
  • Romanian: floc — singular
  • Russian: лобко́вый во́лос (lobkóvyj vólos) — singular
  • Serbo-Croatian: stidna dlaka — singular
  • Slovene: sramna dlaka — singular
  • Spanish: vello púbico — singular
  • Spanish: pelo pubiano — singular
  • Swahili: vuzi — singular
  • Swedish: könshår — singular
  • Swedish: pubeshår — singular
  • Swedish: pubishår — singular
  • Tamil: மறைவிட முடி (maṟaiviṭa muṭi) — singular
  • Thai: หมอย (mɔ̌ɔi) — singular
  • Turkish: kasık kılı — singular
  • Welsh: cedoren — singular