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Pubis

Definition: Pubis

Pubis

Noun

1. One of the three sections of the hipbone; together the two pubic bones form the front of the pelvis.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "pubis" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1900. (references)

Etymology: Pubis \Pu"bis\, noun. [New Latin expression. See Pubes.]. (Websters 1913)


Synonyms: Pubis

Synonyms: os pubis (n), pubic bone (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Pubis

English words defined with "pubis": Crab louseEpipubishipboneinnominate bonepectineal, Pelvic arch, Pelvic girdle, Prepubic, pubicSymphyseotomy. (references)
Specialty definitions using "pubis": retropubic, retropubic space. (references)
Etymologies containing "pubis": Symphyseotomy. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Pubis" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

French (pubes, pubis, tab), Spanish (pubis).

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Commercial Usage: Pubis

DomainTitle

Books

  • Pubis Angelical (Spanish Edition) (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Pubis

"Pubis" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Pubis" is used about 9 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 SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)100%9117,287

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Pubis

Expressions using "pubis": mons pubis os pubis pediculosis pubis Phthirius pubis. Additional references.

Hypenated Usage

Ending with "pubis": ischium-pubis.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Pubis

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

pubis

218

close mons pubis up

3

mons pubis

67

pain pubis symphysis

3

osteitis pubis

50

her pubis

3

symphysis pubis

20

osteitis picture pubis

3

symphysis pubis dysfunction

14

mons picture pubis

3

pediculosis pubis

10

mons pubis shaved

2

pthirus pubis

7

pubis rasage

2

pubis shaved

6

mon pubis

2

depilacion pubis

5

pierced pubis tatooed

2

phthirus pubis

5

depilado pubis

2

diastasis pubis symphysis

5

hairy pubis

2

female pubis

4

du poux pubis

2

osteitis pubis treatment

4

lifting osteitis pubis weight

2

mons pic pubis

4

osteo pubis

2

pediculus pubis

4

pain pubis

2

osteitis pubis stretch

3

osteitis pubis symphysis

2

du poils pubis

3

pubis symphasis

2

ostitis pubis

3

poilus pubis

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Pubis

Language Translations for "pubis"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Chinese 

  

耻骨. (various references)

   

Danish

  

phtirus pubis (phthirus pubis), pediculosis pubis.morpioner (pediculosis pubis), pediculosis pubis (phthirus pubis), pecten ossis pubis (pecten ossis pubis, pubic crest), skambens forbindelse (aitch bone, symphysis pubis), skamben (os pubis, pubic bone), morpion (phthirus pubis), fladlus (pediculosis pubis, phthirus pubis), corpus ossis pubis (body of pubis). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

Phthirus pubis (phthirus pubis), Phthirus inguinalis (phthirus pubis), pediculosis pubis (pediculosis pubis), pecten ossis pubis (pecten ossis pubis, pubic crest), schaambeenverbinding (aitch bone, symphysis pubis), schaambeen (os pubis, pubic bone), corpus ossis pubis (body of pubis). (various references)

   

French

  

pubis (pubes). (various references)

   

German

  

Phthirus pubis (phthirus pubis), Phthirus inguinalis (phthirus pubis), Pediculus phthirus (phthirus pubis), Pediculosis pubis s.inguinalis (pediculosis pubis), Pecten ossis pubis (pecten ossis pubis), Schambeinkoerper (body of pubis), Schambeinkamm (pecten ossis pubis), Schambein (pubic bone), Facies symphysialis (symphyseal surface of pubis), Facies symphyseos (symphyseal surface of pubis), Corpus ossis pubis (body of pubis), Beckensymphyse (aitch bone, symphysis pubis). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

ήβη (adolescence, puberty, pubescence). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

חיק (axil, bosom, heart, lap). (various references)

   

Italian

  

pube (pubes). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

恥毛 . (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

ちもう. (various references)

   

Korean 

  

치골. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ubispay

   

Portuguese

  

púbis (pubic bone). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

pubis (os pubis, pubes, pubic bone). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

kasık kemiği. (various references)

   

Turkmen 

  

gasyk (groin). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

лобкова кістка (pecten). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Pubis

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

Pediculus phthirus, Phthirus inguinalis, Phthirus pubis. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Misspellings: Pubis

Misspellings

"Pubis" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Bubis, dubis, hubis, Kubis, nubis, pambies, pbi, Phusis, pofis, Puba, pubbed, pubber, pubbers, pube, Pubi, pubics, pubie, pubish, Publia, publius, pubo, pubol, pubus, puifs, puki, pulis, pumis, punis, puris, Pvba, pvuii, Pybba, Pybis, subis. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Pubis"

Words rhyming with "pubis" (pronounced 'Pu"bis'): Anubis, ibis, Prepubis. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Pubis

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "b-i-p-s-u"

-1 letter: pubs.

-2 letters: bis, bus, pis, piu, psi, pub, pus, sib, sip, sub, sup, ups.

-3 letters: bi, is, pi, si, up, us.

 Words containing the letters "b-i-p-s-u"
 

+2 letters: buppies, bushpig, publics, publish, upbinds, upboils.

 

+3 letters: bicuspid, biparous, buildups, bumpiest, bumpkins, bushpigs, plumbism, suboptic, subpubic, subtopia, subtopic, upbraids, upbuilds, upclimbs.

 

+4 letters: bicuspids, bullwhips, bumpiness, bumptious, copublish, pinchbugs, plausible, plausibly, plumbings, plumbisms, puberties, publicans, publicise, publicist, published, publisher, publishes, republics, republish, spicebush, subalpine, subapical, subperiod, subscript, subtopias, subtopics, subtropic.

 

+5 letters: abruptions, amphibious, bespousing, bluepoints, blueprints, bumpkinish, disputable, disputably, euphorbias, ibuprofens, paintbrush, plumberies, politburos, pourboires, publicised, publicises, publicists, publicizes, publicness, publishers, publishing, punishable, semipublic, spittlebug, suboptimal, suboptimum, subpenaing, subperiods, subprimate, subreption, subscripts, subspecies, subtropics, superbitch, upbraiders.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Usage Frequency
6. Expressions
7. Expressions: Internet
8. Translations: Modern
9. Translations: Ancient
10. Derivations
11. Rhymes
12. Anagrams
13. Bibliography


  

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