# pelvis
## English
### Etymology

From Latin pēlvis (“basin”), from Old Latin pēluis (“basin”), further etymology uncertain.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpɛlvɪs/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛlvɪs

### Noun

pelvis (plural pelvises or pelves)
* (anatomy) The large compound bone structure at the base of the spine that supports the legs in hominids.
    Meronyms: hip bone, os coxae; sacrum; coccyx
* (loosely, by extension) The pelvic region of the human body.
    Elvis was swinging his pelvis around and the ladies were swooning.
* (anatomy) A funnel-shaped cavity, especially such a cavity in the kidney into which urine passes towards the ureter.
    renal pelvis

#### Derived terms

* diaphragma pelvis
* midpelvis
* renal pelvis

#### Related terms

* pelvic
* (cavity): hydropelvis, hydropelvic

#### Translations
### See also

* pelvis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* hip bone on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* bone
* coccyx
* hip
* hipbone
* ilium
* innominate bone
* ischium
* os coxae
* pubis
* sacrum

## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pēlvis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ˈpɛl.βis]
* IPA: (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈpɛl.vis]

### Noun

pelvis f (invariable)
* pelvis

#### Derived terms

* pelvià

### Further reading

* “pelvis” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pɛl.vis/
* Rhymes: -is
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

pelvis m (plural pelvis)
* pelvis

### Further reading

* “pelvis”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Latin
### Etymology

From Old Latin pēluis (“basin”), further etymology unknown. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“container”). Potential cognates include Sanskrit पालवी (pālavī, “a kind of vessel”), Ancient Greek πελίκη (pelíkē, “a type of container”) Sanskrit पलव (palava, “wicker-work basket of for catching fish”), Ancient Greek πήληξ (pḗlēx, “helmet”).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈpeːl.u̯is/, [ˈpeːɫ̪u̯ɪs̠]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈpel.vis/, [ˈpɛlvis]

### Noun

pēlvis f (genitive pēlvis); third declension
* shallow bowl or basin

#### Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem, accusative singular in -im or occasionally -em, ablative singular in -ī or -e).

#### Descendants

* → Catalan: pelvis
* → English: pelvis
* → French: pelvis
* → Galician: pelve
* → Italian: pelvi
* → Portuguese: pelve, pélvis
* → Spanish: pelvis

### References

* ↑ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “pēluis”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 456
* ↑ Ernout, Alfred, Meillet, Antoine (1985) “pelvis”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots‎ (in French), 4th edition, with additions and corrections of Jacques André, Paris: Klincksieck, published 2001, page 494

### Further reading

* “pelvis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “pelvis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
* "pelvis", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
* pelvis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
* “pelvis”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
* “pelvis”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pēlvis.

### Noun

pelvis n (plural pelvisuri)
* pelvis

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pēlvis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpelbis/ [ˈpel.β̞is]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -elbis
* Syllabification: pel‧vis

### Noun

pelvis f (plural pelvis)
* pelvis

#### Related terms

* pelviano

### Further reading

* “pelvis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10