loins
/lɔɪnz/noun
loins is a noun meaning “The pubic region” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled L-O-I-N-S, and it appears about once in every 2 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does loins mean?
noun
- 1
The pubic region.
- 2
The reproductive organs.
- 3
plural of loin
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce loins?
- /lɔɪnz/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Persent101-loins.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
How common is loins?
Loins appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 41,154th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Loins in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense the lower abdomen, groin and genitalia:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | lombes, reins |
| German | Leistenbereich |
| Portuguese | virilhas |
| Spanish | entrañas, vergüenzas |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.