pectineal

1. 1.

   of or relating to the pubis

Questions about pectineal

What does pectineal mean?

pectineal means "of or relating to the pubis".

How many syllables are in pectineal?

pectineal has 4 syllables and divides as pec-ti-ne-al under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is pectineal a common word?

pectineal is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.