pelvis

Other forms of pelvis

plural

pelves

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about pelvis

What does pelvis mean?

pelvis means "the structure of the vertebrate skeleton supporting the lower limbs in humans and the hind limbs or corresponding parts in other vertebrates". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in pelvis?

pelvis has 2 syllables: pel-vis. The stress falls on "pel". In IPA it is /ˈpɛlvəs/.

What is another word for pelvis?

Close synonyms include pelvic girdle, pelvic arch, hip, renal pelvis. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is pelvis a common word?

pelvis is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.