Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.
Definition: Sacrum |
SacrumNoun1. Wedge-shaped bone consisting of five fused vertebrae forming the posterior part of the pelvis; its base connects with the lowest lumbar vertebra and its tip with the coccyx. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "sacrum" was first used: 1753. (references) |
Etymology: Sacrum \Sa"crum\, noun; plural sacra. [New Latin expression, from the Latin expression sacer sacred, os sacrum the lowest bone of the spine.]. (Websters 1913) |
Crosswords: Sacrum |
| English words defined with "sacrum": sacra, sacral, sacral vertebra, Sacro-, Sacrosciatic, Sacrovertebral, Subsacral, Supersacral. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "sacrum": Hair devoted to Proserpine ♦ Sacroiliac Joint. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "sacrum": Sacellum ♦ uropygium. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Sacrum" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. French (sacrum). |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
It is actually formed from the fusion of five vertebrae, and sits below L5, and above the coccyx. It is concave facing fowards, thus its curvature is considered a kyphosis.
The sacrum has dorsal and ventral foramina through which nerves can pass. Inferiorly, the sacral canal opens at the sacral hiatus.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Sacrum."
| Domain | Title | ||
Books |
| ||
Music |
| ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| "Sacrum" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Sacrum" is used about 10 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% | 10 | 111,207 |
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 |
sacrum | 94 |
sacrum pain | 11 |
fracture sacrum | 6 |
injury sacrum | 5 |
cancer sacrum | 5 |
convivium o sacrum | 5 |
coccyx sacrum | 4 |
sacrum problem | 4 |
joint sacrum | 3 |
in pain sacrum | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "sacrum"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | kryqe (aitchbone, back, loins), kërbisht (aitchbone). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | сакрум, кръст (cross, loin, reins, waist). (various references) | |
Chinese | 骶骨 (sacra). (various references) | |
Czech | kříže (clubs). (various references) | |
Danish | fraktur af ala ossis ilium (fracture of the sacrum, sacroiliac fracture), foramina intervertebralis ossis sacri (intervertebral foramina of sacrum), crista sacralis mediana (spinous tubercles of sacrum), crista sacralis lateralis (transverse tubercles of sacrum), crista sacralis intermedia (articular tubercles of sacrum). (various references) | |
Dutch | kruisbeen, heiligbeen. (various references) | |
Farsi | عظم عجز, استخوان خاجی . (various references) | |
Finnish | ristiselkä (small of the back), ristiluu. (various references) | |
French | sacrum. (various references) | |
German | Kreuzbein. (various references) | |
Greek | ιερό οστό, ιερό οστούν. (various references) | |
Hungarian | keresztcsont. (various references) | |
Italian | sacro (consecrated, dedicated, holy, sacred). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 薦骨 . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | せ""つ (outstanding appearance, philosophic turn of mind, sacral bone, the sacrum, unusual physique). (various references) | |
Korean | 천골 (sacra). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | acrumsay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | sacro (holy, sacral, sacred). (various references) | |
Russian | крестец (rump, sacra). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | krsna kost. (various references) | |
Spanish | sacro (sacral, sacred). (various references) | |
Swedish | korsben (coccyx). (various references) | |
Turkish | sakrum (sacral), kuyruksokumu kemiği (coccyx, sacral). (various references) | |
Ukranian | крижі (rump). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | os, os sacrum. (various references) |
| Late Latin | 300-700 | os sacrum. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "sacrum": sacrums. (additional references) | |
| |
"Sacrum" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Ascryum, ascyrum, sacau, sacque, sacro, sarim, sarom, sarum, scaram, scarem, scarum, scrume, sectum, secum, sucum. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "sacrum" (pronounced 'Sa"crum'): Ambulacrum, fulcrum, Interambulacrum, simulacrum. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-m-r-s-u" | |
-1 letter: arcus, arums, crams, marcs, muras, musca, ramus, scaur, scram, scrum, sumac. | |
-2 letters: amus, arcs, arms, arum, cams, cars, cram, crus, curs, macs, marc, mars, mura, rams, rums, scam, scar, scum, sura, ursa. | |
-3 letters: amu, arc, arm, ars, cam, car, cum, cur, mac, mar, mas, mus, ram, ras, rum, sac, sau, sum. | |
-4 letters: am, ar, as, ma, mu, um, us. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-m-r-s-u" | |
+1 letter: sacrums. | |
+2 letters: arcanums, buckrams, clamours, craniums, cumarins, curcumas, muscular, racemous. | |
+3 letters: cardamums, castoreum, charmeuse, clamorous, claustrum, coumarins, coumarous, creamcups, customary, dumpcarts, franciums, macrurans, manicures, muckrakes, muscarine, outcharms, sacrarium, scrummage, simulacra, simulacre, supremacy. | |
+4 letters: ambuscader, americiums, calvariums, castoreums, charmeuses, communards, creampuffs, dicumarols, docudramas, majuscular, manicurist, manuscript, meerschaum, mercurates, mercurials, metacarpus, micturates, miraculous, monoculars, muckrakers, muscarines, muscarinic, muscularly, numeracies, outmarches, practicums, rheumatics, scaramouch, scrubwoman, scrummaged, scrummages, secularism, simulacres, simulacrum, supermacho, touchmarks, unscramble. | |
+5 letters: accruements, acrimonious, ambuscaders, breadcrumbs, cafetoriums, campgrounds, catadromous, champertous, clamorously, cockalorums, commissural, commutators, consummator, customarily, dicoumarins, dicoumarols, emasculator, intercampus, lawrenciums, lumberjacks, lumbosacral, manicurists, manuscripts, meerschaums, microfaunas, microquakes, multitracks, muscularity, musculature, oceanariums, pancratiums, parameciums, procambiums, sarcomatous, scaramouche, scoutmaster, scrummaging, secularisms, simulacrums, supermachos, supremacies, supremacist, truckmaster, uncustomary, unscrambled, unscrambler, unscrambles. | |
| 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)53 61 63 72 75 6D |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
|
| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
|
| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
|
| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
|
Morse Code (1836) (references)... .- -.-. .-. ..- -- |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
|
Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01100001 01100011 01110010 01110101 01101101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S a c r u m |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0061 0063 0072 0075 006D |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
|
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)536769848779 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Images: Slideshow | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Expressions: Internet 7. Translations: Modern 8. Translations: Ancient | 9. Derivations 10. Rhymes 11. Anagrams 12. Orthography | 13. Bibliography |
Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.
