pubis
French, noun/py.bis/
pubis is spelled P-U-B-I-S (5 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 44,936th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pubis is a French masculine noun meaning “pubis; pubes” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Os situé à la partie antérieure et supérieure du bassin, l'un des trois os pelviens (soudés pour former l’os…”.
What does pubis mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepubis; pubes
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Os situé à la partie antérieure et supérieure du bassin, l'un des trois os pelviens (soudés pour former l’os coxal). 2. Éminence triangulaire située à la partie inférieure du bas-ventre, qui se couvre de poils à l’époque de la puberté. → voir pénil et mont de Vénus
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 pubis?
- /py.bis/
- \py.bis\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pubis
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pubis in French?
pubis appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).