pelvis

From Latin pēlvis (“basin”), from Old Latin pēluis (“basin”), further etymology uncertain.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛlvɪs/

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• Rhymes: -ɛlvɪs

pelvis (plural pelvises or pelves)

2. (anatomy) The large compound bone structure at the base of the spine that supports the legs in hominids.

   Meronyms: hip bone, os coxae; sacrum; coccyx

4. (loosely, by extension) The pelvic region of the human body.

   Elvis was swinging his pelvis around and the ladies were swooning.

6. (anatomy) A funnel-shaped cavity, especially such a cavity in the kidney into which urine passes towards the ureter.

   Near-synonyms: infundibulum, choana, cornu

   renal pelvis

• pelvic
• (cavity): hydropelvis, hydropelvic

• pelvis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• hip bone on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Borrowed from Latin pēlvis.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈpɛl.βis]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈpɛl.vis]

pelvis f (invariable)

1. pelvis

• pelvià

• “pelvis”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

• IPA^(key): /pɛl.vis/
• Rhymes: -is

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pelvis m (plural pelvis)

1. pelvis

• “pelvis”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

From Old Latin pēluis (“basin”), further etymology unknown.^[1] Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“container”). Potential cognates include Sanskrit पालवी (pālavī, “a kind of vessel”), Ancient Greek πελίκη (pelíkē, “a type of container”)^[2] Sanskrit पलव (palava, “wicker-work basket of for catching fish”), Ancient Greek πήληξ (pḗlēx, “helmet”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈpeːɫ.wɪs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈpɛl.vis]

pēlvis f (genitive pēlvis); third declension

1. shallow bowl or basin

Third-declension noun (i-stem, accusative singular in -im or occasionally -em, ablative singular in -ī or -e).

• “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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• pelvis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, 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

Borrowed from Latin pēlvis.

pelvis n (plural pelvisuri)

1. pelvis

Borrowed from Latin pēlvis.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpelbis/ [ˈpel.β̞is]

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• Rhymes: -elbis
• Syllabification: pel‧vis

pelvis f (plural pelvis)

1. pelvis

• “pelvis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024