pubis

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/ˈpju.bɪs/

noun

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

Similar
pubic boneos pubis
OriginLatin pubes →
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Meanings

nounpubis (plural pubes)

plural pubes

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

    Synonyms: pubic bone

Synonyms & antonyms

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

Similar
pubic bone

More synonyms by meaning

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

Similar
pubic boneos pubis
Broader
boneos
Also see
pubic bone

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latinpubes“the pubic hair”
  2. Englishpubis

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

More words from Latin

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Translations

Arabic عَانَة
  • عَانَة (ʕāna)the pubic bone
Bulgarian срамна кост
  • срамна кост (sramna kost)the pubic bone
Catalan pubis
  • pubisthe pubic bone
Chinese Mandarin 恥骨 /耻骨
  • 恥骨 /耻骨 (chǐgǔ)the pubic bone
Czech stydká kost
  • stydká kostthe pubic bone
Danish skamben, kønsben
  • skambenthe pubic bone
  • kønsbenthe pubic bone
Dutch schaambeen
  • schaambeenthe pubic bone
Esperanto pubosto
  • pubostothe pubic bone
Finnish häpyluu
  • häpyluuthe pubic bone
French pubis
  • pubisthe pubic bone
German Schambein, Schamknochen
  • Schambeinthe pubic bone
  • Schamknochenthe pubic bone
Greek εφήβαιο
  • εφήβαιο (efívaio)the pubic bone
Hungarian szeméremcsont
  • szeméremcsontthe pubic bone
Icelandic lífbein
  • lífbeinthe pubic bone
Irish púbas, cnámh phúbasach
  • púbasthe pubic bone
  • cnámh phúbasachthe pubic bone
Italian pube, osso pubico
  • pubethe pubic bone
  • osso pubicothe pubic bone
Japanese 恥骨
  • 恥骨 (chikotsu)the pubic bone
Latin os pubis
  • os pubisthe pubic bone
Lithuanian gaktikaulis, gakta
  • gaktikaulisthe pubic bone
  • gaktathe pubic bone
Māori puke
  • pukethe pubic bone
Norwegian skamben, kjønnsben
  • skambenthe pubic bone
  • kjønnsbenthe pubic bone
  • venusbenthe pubic bone
Polish kość łonowa
  • kość łonowathe pubic bone
Portuguese púbis, osso púbico
  • púbisthe pubic bone
  • osso púbicothe pubic bone
Russian лобо́к
  • лобо́к (lobók)the pubic bone
Spanish pubis, hueso del pubis
  • pubisthe pubic bone
  • hueso del pubisthe pubic bone
Swedish blygdben
  • blygdbenthe pubic bone
Turkish kasık kemiği, çatı kemiği
  • kasık kemiğithe pubic bone
  • çatı kemiğithe pubic bone
Ukrainian лобкова кістка
  • лобкова кістка (lobkova kistka)the pubic bone
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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pubis,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pubis.

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