English

Noun

pelvis ‎(plural pelvises or pelves)

1. (anatomy) The large compound bone structure at the base of the spine that supports the legs. It consists of hip bone, sacrum and coccyx.
2. (anatomy) A funnel-shaped cavity, especially such a cavity in the kidney into which urine passes towards the ureter

Related terms

• pelvic
• (cavity): hydropelvis, hydropelvic

Translations

See also

• pelvis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• hip bone on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• bone
• coccyx
• hip
• hipbone
• ilium
• innominate bone
• ischium
• os coxae
• pubis
• sacrum

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin pelvis.

Noun

pelvis f ‎(plural pelvis)

1. pelvis

Derived terms

• pelvià

Latin

Etymology

From Old Latin peluis ‎(“basin”), from Proto-Indo-European *pel- ‎(“container”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpel.wis/, [ˈpɛɫ.wɪs]

Noun

pelvis f ‎(genitive pelvis); third declension

1. shallow bowl or basin

Inflection

Third declension, alternative accusative singular in -im, alternative ablative singular in -ī and accusative plural in -īs.

References

• pelvis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• pelvis in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• PELVIS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “pelvis”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• pelvis in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• pelvis in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin pelvis.

Noun

pelvis f ‎(plural pelvis)

1. pelvis

Related terms

• pelviano