pelvis
See also: pélvis
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin pēlvis (“basin”), from Old Latin pēluis (“basin”), further etymology uncertain.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈpɛlvɪs/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɛlvɪs
Noun
[edit]pelvis (plural pelvises or pelves)
- (anatomy) The large compound bone structure at the base of the spine that supports the legs in hominids.
- (loosely, by extension) The pelvic region of the human body.
- Elvis was swinging his pelvis around and the ladies were swooning.
- (anatomy) A funnel-shaped cavity, especially such a cavity in the kidney into which urine passes towards the ureter.
- renal pelvis
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]- pelvic
- (cavity): hydropelvis, hydropelvic
Translations
[edit]bone
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See also
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Catalan
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Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]pelvis f (invariable)
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “pelvis” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
French
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]pelvis m (plural pelvis)
Further reading
[edit]- “pelvis”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈpeːl.u̯is/, [ˈpeːɫ̪u̯ɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpel.vis/, [ˈpɛlvis]
Noun
[edit]pēlvis f (genitive pēlvis); third declension
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun (i-stem, accusative singular in -im or occasionally -em, ablative singular in -ī or -e).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | pēlvis | pēlvēs |
| genitive | pēlvis | pēlvium |
| dative | pēlvī | pēlvibus |
| accusative | pēlvim pēlvem |
pēlvēs pēlvīs |
| ablative | pēlvī pēlve |
pēlvibus |
| vocative | pēlvis | pēlvēs |
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “pēluis”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 456
- ^ Ernout, Alfred, Meillet, Antoine (1985) “pelvis”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots (in French), 4th edition, with additions and corrections of Jacques André, Paris: Klincksieck, published 2001, page 494
Further reading
[edit]- “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
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]pelvis n (plural pelvisuri)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | pelvis | pelvisul | pelvisuri | pelvisurile | |
| genitive-dative | pelvis | pelvisului | pelvisuri | pelvisurilor | |
| vocative | pelvisule | pelvisurilor | |||
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]pelvis f (plural pelvis)
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “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], 2024 December 10
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