Meanings
nounhip bone (plural hip bones)
plural hip bones · alternative hipbone
- anatomyOne of two roughly symmetrical parts of the skeleton, each composed of the fused iliac, ischial, and pubic bones, that together form the sides of the pelvis.
Synonyms: innominate, innominate bone, os coxae, os innominatum
Synonyms & antonyms
nounOne of two roughly symmetrical parts of the skeleton, each composed of the fused iliac, ischial, and pubic bones, that together form the sides of the pelvis.
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Origin
From hip (noun) + bone (noun).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans heupbeen
- heupbeenone of two roughly symmetrical parts of the skeleton, each composed of the fused iliac, ischial, and pubic bones
Bulgarian тазова кост
- тазова кост (tazova kost)one of two roughly symmetrical parts of the skeleton, each composed of the fused iliac, ischial, and pubic bones
Catalan coxal, os ilíac
- coxalone of two roughly symmetrical parts of the skeleton, each composed of the fused iliac, ischial, and pubic bones
- os ilíacone of two roughly symmetrical parts of the skeleton, each composed of the fused iliac, ischial, and pubic bones
Chinese Mandarin 胯骨, 髖骨 /髋骨
- 胯骨 (kuàgǔ)one of two roughly symmetrical parts of the skeleton, each composed of the fused iliac, ischial, and pubic bones
- 髖骨 /髋骨 (kuāngǔ)one of two roughly symmetrical parts of the skeleton, each composed of the fused iliac, ischial, and pubic bones
Czech kost pánevní
- kost pánevníone of two roughly symmetrical parts of the skeleton, each composed of the fused iliac, ischial, and pubic bones
Danish hofteben
- hoftebenone of two roughly symmetrical parts of the skeleton, each composed of the fused iliac, ischial, and pubic bones
Dutch heupbeen
- heupbeenone of two roughly symmetrical parts of the skeleton, each composed of the fused iliac, ischial, and pubic bones
Finnish lonkkaluu
- lonkkaluuone of two roughly symmetrical parts of the skeleton, each composed of the fused iliac, ischial, and pubic bones
French os coxal, os de la hanche
- os coxalone of two roughly symmetrical parts of the skeleton, each composed of the fused iliac, ischial, and pubic bones
- os de la hancheone of two roughly symmetrical parts of the skeleton, each composed of the fused iliac, ischial, and pubic bones
German Hüftknochen
- Hüftknochenone of two roughly symmetrical parts of the skeleton, each composed of the fused iliac, ischial, and pubic bones
Hungarian medencecsont
- medencecsontone of two roughly symmetrical parts of the skeleton, each composed of the fused iliac, ischial, and pubic bones
Icelandic mjaðmarbein
- mjaðmarbeinone of two roughly symmetrical parts of the skeleton, each composed of the fused iliac, ischial, and pubic bones
Irish cnámh an chromáin, cnámh na corróige
- cnámh an chromáinone of two roughly symmetrical parts of the skeleton, each composed of the fused iliac, ischial, and pubic bones
- cnámh na corróigeone of two roughly symmetrical parts of the skeleton, each composed of the fused iliac, ischial, and pubic bones
Italian osso cosciale
- osso coscialeone of two roughly symmetrical parts of the skeleton, each composed of the fused iliac, ischial, and pubic bones
Japanese 寛骨
- 寛骨 (kankotsu)one of two roughly symmetrical parts of the skeleton, each composed of the fused iliac, ischial, and pubic bones
Malay tulang inominat, tulang pinggul
- tulang inominatone of two roughly symmetrical parts of the skeleton, each composed of the fused iliac, ischial, and pubic bones
- tulang pinggulone of two roughly symmetrical parts of the skeleton, each composed of the fused iliac, ischial, and pubic bones
Māori himu, pōrori
- himuone of two roughly symmetrical parts of the skeleton, each composed of the fused iliac, ischial, and pubic bones
- pōrorione of two roughly symmetrical parts of the skeleton, each composed of the fused iliac, ischial, and pubic bones
Norwegian hoftebein
- hoftebeinone of two roughly symmetrical parts of the skeleton, each composed of the fused iliac, ischial, and pubic bones
Polish kość miedniczna
- kość miednicznaone of two roughly symmetrical parts of the skeleton, each composed of the fused iliac, ischial, and pubic bones
Portuguese anca, osso do quadril
- ancaone of two roughly symmetrical parts of the skeleton, each composed of the fused iliac, ischial, and pubic bones
- osso do quadrilone of two roughly symmetrical parts of the skeleton, each composed of the fused iliac, ischial, and pubic bones
Romanian os coxal
- os coxalone of two roughly symmetrical parts of the skeleton, each composed of the fused iliac, ischial, and pubic bones
Russian та́зовая кость
- та́зовая кость (tázovaja kostʹ)one of two roughly symmetrical parts of the skeleton, each composed of the fused iliac, ischial, and pubic bones
Spanish coxal, hueso coxal
- coxalone of two roughly symmetrical parts of the skeleton, each composed of the fused iliac, ischial, and pubic bones
- hueso coxalone of two roughly symmetrical parts of the skeleton, each composed of the fused iliac, ischial, and pubic bones
- hueso de la caderaone of two roughly symmetrical parts of the skeleton, each composed of the fused iliac, ischial, and pubic bones
- hueso innominadoone of two roughly symmetrical parts of the skeleton, each composed of the fused iliac, ischial, and pubic bones
Swedish höftben
- höftbenone of two roughly symmetrical parts of the skeleton, each composed of the fused iliac, ischial, and pubic bones
Tagalog balisakang, himulurin
- balisakangone of two roughly symmetrical parts of the skeleton, each composed of the fused iliac, ischial, and pubic bones
- himulurinone of two roughly symmetrical parts of the skeleton, each composed of the fused iliac, ischial, and pubic bones
Turkish verek
- verekone of two roughly symmetrical parts of the skeleton, each composed of the fused iliac, ischial, and pubic bones
Ukrainian та́зова кі́стка
- та́зова кі́стка (tázova kístka)one of two roughly symmetrical parts of the skeleton, each composed of the fused iliac, ischial, and pubic bones
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APA
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“hip bone.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hip%20bone. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hip bone,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hip%20bone.
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