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pelvis

French, noun/pɛl.vis/

pelvis is spelled P-E-L-V-I-S (6 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written French, the 76,422nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pelvis is a French masculine noun meaning “pelvis” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Bassin”.

What does pelvis mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinepelvis

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Bassin.

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

How do you pronounce pelvis?

  • /pɛl.vis/
  • \pɛl.vis\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to pelvis

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is pelvis in French?

pelvis appears about once in every 5 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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