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pubis

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˈpju.bɪs/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

The pubic bone; the part of the hipbone forming the front arch of the pelvis.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: pubic bone

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

one of the three sections of the hipbone; together these two bones form the front of the pelvis

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: pubic bone, os pubis

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: bone, os

History

Etymology

Genitive of Latin pubes (“the pubic hair”, collective). The noun was generalized from medical Latin os pubis, the pubic bone.

Across languages

Translations

53 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: عَانَة (ʕāna) — the pubic bone
  • Arabic: عانة (ʕana) — the pubic bone
  • Arabic: سيوة (seūwa) — the pubic bone
  • Bulgarian: срамна кост (sramna kost) — the pubic bone
  • Catalan: pubis — the pubic bone
  • Chinese Mandarin: 恥骨 /耻骨 (chǐgǔ) — the pubic bone
  • Czech: stydká kost — the pubic bone
  • Danish: skamben — the pubic bone
  • Danish: kønsben — the pubic bone
  • Dutch: schaambeen — the pubic bone
  • Esperanto: pubosto — the pubic bone
  • Faroese: kokubein — the pubic bone
  • Finnish: häpyluu — the pubic bone
  • French: pubis — the pubic bone
  • Galician: pube — the pubic bone
  • Georgian: ბოქვენის ძვალი (bokvenis ʒvali) — the pubic bone
  • German: Schambein — the pubic bone
  • German: Schamknochen — the pubic bone
  • Greek: εφήβαιο (efívaio) — the pubic bone
  • Hungarian: szeméremcsont — the pubic bone
  • Icelandic: lífbein — the pubic bone
  • Ido: pubio — the pubic bone
  • Irish: púbas — the pubic bone
  • Irish: cnámh phúbasach — the pubic bone
  • Italian: pube — the pubic bone
  • Italian: osso pubico — the pubic bone
  • Japanese: 恥骨 (chikotsu) — the pubic bone
  • Northern Kurdish: hestiyê rûv — the pubic bone
  • Latin: os pubis — the pubic bone
  • Lithuanian: gaktikaulis — the pubic bone
  • Lithuanian: gakta — the pubic bone
  • Low German: Schaambeen — the pubic bone
  • Māori: puke — the pubic bone
  • Navajo: ʼá naníʼaʼ — the pubic bone
  • Norwegian: skamben — the pubic bone
  • Norwegian: kjønnsben — the pubic bone
  • Norwegian: venusben — the pubic bone
  • Polish: kość łonowa — the pubic bone
  • Portuguese: púbis — the pubic bone
  • Portuguese: osso púbico — the pubic bone
  • Russian: лобо́к (lobók) — the pubic bone
  • Serbo-Croatian: stidna kost — the pubic bone
  • Serbo-Croatian: preponjača — the pubic bone
  • Spanish: pubis — the pubic bone
  • Spanish: hueso del pubis — the pubic bone
  • Swedish: blygdben — the pubic bone
  • Telugu: జఘనాస్థి (jaghanāsthi) — the pubic bone
  • Tocharian B: yoñiye — the pubic bone
  • Tooro: ekiinyi class 7 — the pubic bone
  • Turkish: kasık kemiği — the pubic bone
  • Turkish: çatı kemiği — the pubic bone
  • Ukrainian: лобкова кістка (lobkova kistka) — the pubic bone
  • Volapük: pubid — the pubic bone