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Definition: Pubes |
PubesNoun1. The lower part of the abdomen just above the external genital organs. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Pubes \Pu"bes\, noun. [Latin expression, the hair which appears on the body at puberty, from pubes adult.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Slang | Pubic area, pubic hair. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: PubesSynonyms: loins (n), pubic region (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Pubes |
| English words defined with "pubes": Abdominal ring. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "pubes": Pubis. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Pubes" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. Latin (genital area, groin, pubic, signs of manhood, young men). |
| "Pubes" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Pubes" is used about 11 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (plural) | 100% | 11 | 106,044 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "pubes": Ginger-pubes. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "pubes"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Arabic | العانة, شعر العانة. (various references) | |
Danish | pubes, skamhaarene. (various references) | |
Dutch | pubes (pubic hairs). (various references) | |
Farsi | پوشیدگی ازکرک , موی زهار, موی شرمگاه , ناحیه زهاریاعانه , کرک (Fuzz, Pile, Wool), شرمگاه (Pudendum). (various references) | |
French | pubis (pubis). (various references) | |
German | Pubes (pubic hairs), Schamhaare (pubic hair). (various references) | |
Italian | pube (pubis). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 陰門 (genitalia), 陰毛 (pubic hair). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | い"もう (pubic hair), い"も" (genitalia). (various references) | |
Manx | roam. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ubespay.(various references) | |
Spanish | pubis (pubis), pl. de pubis. (various references) | |
Turkish | kasık kemikleri, kasık kılları, cinsel organ tüyleri. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | волосся на лобку (pubescence), лобок, пушок (aigrette, flue, pubescence, puff). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "pubes": pubescence, pubescences, pubescent. (additional references) | |
Words containing "pubes": postpubescent, postpubescents, prepubescence, prepubescences, prepubescent, prepubescents. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "pubes" (pronounced 'Pu"bes'): Ribes, tabes. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-e-p-s-u" | |
-1 letter: pubs, spue, supe. | |
-2 letters: bus, pes, pub, pus, sub, sue, sup, ups, use. | |
-3 letters: be, es, pe, up, us. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-e-p-s-u" | |
+1 letter: superb. | |
+2 letters: bumpers, buppies, ephebus, phoebus, pueblos, subpena, subtype, upbears, upbeats. | |
+3 letters: bespouse, bethumps, bluecaps, breakups, brewpubs, bullpens, bumpiest, perturbs, plumbers, replumbs, subdepot, subepoch, subpanel, subpenas, subphase, subpoena, subspace, subtypes, superbad, superber, superbly. | |
+4 letters: abruptest, bellpulls, bespoused, bespouses, bumpiness, penumbras, phoebuses, plausible, puberties, pubescent, publicise, published, publisher, publishes, purebreds, republics, republish, spicebush, subalpine, subdepots, subepochs, subpanels, subpenaed, subperiod, subphases, subpoenas, subpotent, subsample, subspaces, superable, superably, superbank, superbest, superbomb, superclub, upbearers. | |
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