sciatic
/saɪˈætɪk/adjective, noun
sciatic is an adjective meaning “Of, or relating to the ischium” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled S-C-I-A-T-I-C, and it appears about once in every 4 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does sciatic mean?
adjective
- 1
Of, or relating to the ischium.
- 2
Of, or relating to sciatica.
noun
- 1
The sciatic nerve.
- 2
A person with sciatica.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce sciatic?
- UK /saɪˈætɪk/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-sciatic.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of sciatic
- sciatics plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is sciatic?
Sciatic appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 56,788th 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).
Sciatic in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense of, or relating to the ischium:
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.
Where does sciatic come from?
Borrowed from Middle French sciatique, from Late Latin sciaticus, variant of ischiadicus, from Ancient Greek ἰσχιαδικός (iskhiadikós), the adjective of ἰσχίον (iskhíon, “hip”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).