Meanings
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA funnel-shaped cavity, especially such a cavity in the kidney into which urine passes towards the ureter.
More synonyms by meaning
nounthe structure of the vertebrate skeleton supporting the lower limbs in humans and the hind limbs or corresponding parts in other vertebrates
nouna structure shaped like a funnel in the outlet of the kidney into which urine is discharged before passing into the ureter
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Old Latinpēluis“basin”
- Latinpēlvis“basin”
- Englishpelvis
From Latin pēlvis (“basin”), from Old Latin pēluis (“basin”), further etymology uncertain.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic حَوْض
- حَوْض (ḥawḍ)bone
Bulgarian таз
- таз (taz)bone
Catalan pelvis
- pelvisbone
Chinese Mandarin 骨盆, 骨盤 /骨盘
- 骨盆 (gǔpén)bone
- 骨盤 /骨盘 (gǔpán)bone
Czech pánev
- pánevbone
Danish bækken
- bækkenbone
Dutch bekken
- bekkenbone
Estonian vaagnaluu, vaagen
- vaagnaluubone
- vaagenbone
Finnish lantiorengas
- lantiorengasbone
French bassin, pelvis
- bassinbone
- pelvisbone
German Becken
- Beckenbone
Greek λεκάνη
- λεκάνη (lekáni)bone
Hebrew אַגָּן
- אַגָּן (agán)bone
Hungarian medence, medencecsont
- medencebone
- medencecsontbone
Icelandic mjaðmargrind
- mjaðmargrindbone
Indonesian tulang pinggang
- tulang pinggangbone
Irish peilbheas
- peilbheasbone
Italian bacino
- bacinobone
Japanese 骨盤
- 骨盤 (kotsuban)bone
Korean 골반
- 골반 (golban)bone
Latin pēlvis
- pēlvisbone
Lithuanian dubuo
- dubuobone
Māori papatoiake
- papatoiakebone
Norwegian Bokmål bekken
- bekkenbone
Persian لَگَن
- لَگَنbone
Polish miednica, obręcz kończyny dolnej
- miednicabone
- obręcz kończyny dolnejbone
- obręcz miednicznabone
Portuguese pelve, bacia
- pelvebone
- baciabone
- pélvisbone
Romanian pelvis, bazin
- pelvisbone
- bazinbone
Russian таз
- таз (taz)bone
Slovak panva, panvica
- panvabone
- panvicabone
Spanish pelvis
- pelvisbone
Swahili fupanyonga
- fupanyongabone
Swedish bäcken
- bäckenbone
Tagalog balakang
- balakangbone
Thai เชิงกราน, กระดูกเชิงกราน
- เชิงกราน (chəəng-graan)bone
- กระดูกเชิงกราน (grà-dùuk chəəng-graan)bone
Turkish pelvis
- pelvisbone
Ukrainian таз
- таз (taz)bone
Vietnamese khung chậu, xương chậu
- khung chậubone
- xương chậubone
Yiddish בעקן
- בעקן (bekn)bone
Cite this entry
pelvis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pelvis
“pelvis.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pelvis. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pelvis,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pelvis.
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