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Definition: Coccyx |
CoccyxNoun1. The end of the vertebral column in humans and tailless apes. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "coccyx" was first used: 1615. (references) |
Etymology: Coccyx \Coc"cyx\, noun; plural Latin Coccyges. [Latin expression, cuckoo, Greek, cuckoo, coccyx. So called from its resemblance to the beak of cuckoo.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonym: CoccyxSynonym: tail bone (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Coccyx |
| English words defined with "coccyx": caudal vertebra, coccal, coccygeal, coccygeal vertebra, Coccyges ♦ sacrum. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | You fell on your coccyx. (Carry on Doctor; writing credit: Talbot Rothwell) Your coccyx is at the base of the spine. (Carry on Doctor; writing credit: Talbot Rothwell) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| "Coccyx" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Coccyx" is used about 4 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 (singular) | 100% | 4 | 175,879 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
coccyx | 164 |
coccyx trio | 37 |
coccyx pain | 23 |
coccyx injury | 12 |
coccyx cushion | 9 |
coccyx fracture | 8 |
coccyx fractured | 7 |
broken coccyx | 7 |
coccyx bone | 6 |
coccyx pillow | 5 |
coccyx sacrum | 4 |
coccyx dominoes | 4 |
coccyx cyst | 3 |
coccyx surgery | 3 |
bruised coccyx | 3 |
coccyx removal | 3 |
coccyx seat cushion | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "coccyx"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | опашна кост. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 尾椎骨 (Coccyges). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | coccyx, os coccygis (coccygeal bone), halerod (rump), haleben (coccygeal bone), gump (rump). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | coccyx (rump), coccygis (rump), coccygeus (rump), coccigis, stuitbeen (coccygeal bone, rump), staartbeen (rump), os coccygis (coccygeal bone). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | coccyx (coccygeal bone), queue. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | steißbein. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κόκκυγας, κόκκυξ, κατώτατο οστό τησ σπονδυλικήσ στήλησ, ρίζα ουράς πτηνών (rump). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | עצם "עקץ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | farkcsont. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | coccige (coccygeal bone). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | "ット毎 (bidet, bit-wise, VCR, VD, very important person, video, video art, video camcorder, video camera, video cassette recorder, Video CassetteRecorder, video clip, video engineer, video game, video hall, video journalist, video magazine, video meter, Video Research Ltd., video shop, video soft, video tape recorder, videocassette, videodisc, videogenic, video-tape, videotex, VIP). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | "テイコツ . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 미골 (Coccyges). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | gimmijey. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | occyxcay cóccix (coccygeal bone). (various references) копчик. (various references) trtica (parson's nose). (various references) cóccix (coccygeal bone, rump). (various references) korsben (sacrum). (various references) กระ"ูกก้นกบ. (various references) kuyruksokumu kemiği (sacral, sacrum), koksiks. (various references) куприк. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | kokkyx. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "coccyx": coccyxes. (additional references) | |
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"Coccyx" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: ccix, ccxxi, choccie, cocc, cocci, coccic, coccix, coccys, coccyz, cochy, cocix, Cocoyo, cocsyx, cocyx. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-c-c-o-x-y" | |
-3 letters: cox, coy, oxy. | |
-4 letters: ox, oy, yo. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-c-c-o-x-y" | |
+2 letters: coccyxes. | |
+3 letters: exocyclic. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 6F 63 63 79 78 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.-. --- -.-. -.-. -.--. -..- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01101111 01100011 01100011 01111001 01111000 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C o c c y x |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 006F 0063 0063 0079 0078 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)378169699190 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Expressions: Internet 7. Translations: Modern 8. Translations: Ancient | 9. Derivations 10. Anagrams 11. Orthography 12. Bibliography |
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