sacrum

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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsækɹəm/
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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈseɪkɹəm/
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From Latin os sacrum (“holy bone”), a calque of Ancient Greek ἱερὸν ὀστέον (hieròn ostéon). Apparently so called either because the sacrum was the part of the animal offered in sacrifice or because of a putative belief that it is where a person's soul resides. A third explanation is that the term is a translation of Ancient Greek ἱερόν (hierón), which has two meanings: “holy, sacred”, and “big” — big being a more appropriate description of the sacrum — but compare.

51 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: عَجُزِ (ʕajuzi) — bone at the base of the spine
• Armenian: սրբոսկր (srboskr) — bone at the base of the spine
• Bashkir: һигеҙгүҙ (higeźgüź) — bone at the base of the spine
• Bulgarian: кръст (krǎst) — bone at the base of the spine
• Bulgarian: кръстна кост (krǎstna kost) — bone at the base of the spine
• Catalan: sacre — bone at the base of the spine
• Cebuano: kugongkugong — bone at the base of the spine
• Chinese Mandarin: 骶骨 (dǐgǔ) — bone at the base of the spine
• Czech: kost křížová — bone at the base of the spine
• Czech: kříž — bone at the base of the spine
• Dutch: heiligbeen — bone at the base of the spine
• Finnish: ristiluu — bone at the base of the spine
• French: sacrum — bone at the base of the spine
• German: Kreuzbein — bone at the base of the spine
• Greek: ιερό οστό (ieró ostó) — bone at the base of the spine
• Hebrew: עצם העָצֶה — bone at the base of the spine
• Hungarian: keresztcsont — bone at the base of the spine
• Icelandic: spjaldbein — bone at the base of the spine
• Icelandic: spjaldliðir — bone at the base of the spine
• Icelandic: spjaldhryggur — bone at the base of the spine
• Ingrian: ristipiiluu — bone at the base of the spine
• Irish: sacram — bone at the base of the spine
• Italian: osso sacro — bone at the base of the spine
• Japanese: 仙骨 (senkotsu) — bone at the base of the spine
• Japanese: 薦骨 (senkotsu) — bone at the base of the spine
• Korean: 엉치뼈 (eongchippyeo) — bone at the base of the spine
• Korean: 천골 (cheon'gol) — bone at the base of the spine
• Northern Kurdish: sêbende — bone at the base of the spine
• Māori: poroiwi — bone at the base of the spine
• Māori: tikitona — bone at the base of the spine
• Māori: tiraki — bone at the base of the spine
• Māori: tiki — bone at the base of the spine
• Mongolian: ууц (uuc) — bone at the base of the spine
• Mongolian: ууцан яс (uucan jas) — bone at the base of the spine
• Mongolian: туух нуруу (tuux nuruu) — bone at the base of the spine
• Persian: استخوان خاجی — bone at the base of the spine
• Polish: krzyż — bone at the base of the spine
• Polish: kość krzyżowa — bone at the base of the spine
• Portuguese: sacro — bone at the base of the spine
• Russian: кресте́ц (krestéc) — bone at the base of the spine
• Serbo-Croatian: krstača — bone at the base of the spine
• Spanish: sacro — bone at the base of the spine
• Spanish: hueso sacro — bone at the base of the spine
• Swedish: korsben — bone at the base of the spine
• Tagalog: kuyukot — bone at the base of the spine
• Telugu: త్రికము (trikamu) — bone at the base of the spine
• Turkish: sakrum — bone at the base of the spine
• Ukrainian: крижі (kryži) — bone at the base of the spine
• Vietnamese: xương mông — bone at the base of the spine
• Welsh: sacrwm — bone at the base of the spine
• Welsh: asgwrn y cwman — bone at the base of the spine