mons pubis

English

Etymology

From Latin mōns (“mountain, mound”) + genitive of pūbes (“pubic area”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌmɒnz ˈpjubɪs/
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Noun

mons pubis (plural montes pubis)

A fleshy protuberance over the pubic bones that becomes covered with hair during puberty.
Synonym: mons

Hyponyms: mons veneris, mons Venus

Translations

fleshy protuberance over the pubic bones

Arabic: جَبَل اَلْعَانَة (jabal al-ʕāna)
Azerbaijani: qasıq (az)
Catalan: mont del pubis m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 陰阜／阴阜 (zh) (yīnfù)
Czech: stydký pahorek m, Venušin pahorek m, hrma (cs) f (archaic)
Dutch: schaamheuvel m, schaamberg m
Esperanto: puba monto
Finnish: häpykukkula
Georgian: ბოქვენი (bokveni), ბოქვენის ამაღლება (bokvenis amaɣleba), ბოქვენის ბორცვი (bokvenis borcvi)
German: Schamhügel (de) m
Greek: εφήβαιο (el) n (efívaio)
Ancient: ἐπίσιον n (epísion)
Hindi: जघन शैल (jaghan śail), जघन उत्थान (jaghan utthān)
Hungarian: vénusz-domb
Icelandic: munaðarhóll m
Japanese: 恥丘 (ja) (ちきゅう, chikyū)
Kazakh: қасаға (qasağa)
Kikuyu: kĩnena class 7
Korean: 씹두덩 (ko) (ssipdudeong)
Lithuanian: gakta f
Maori: puke huruhuru
Marathi: उल्वामाथा f (ulvāmāthā), योनिमाथा f (yonimāthā), सुघट f (sughaṭ), योनिपुष्ठ f (yonipuṣṭha), लज्जापुष्प f (lajjāpuṣpa), लज्जाकमल f (lajjākmal), घटकमल f (ghaṭakmal), योनिकमल f (yonikmal), अवनतपुष्प f (avnatpuṣpa), इब्रित f (ibrit)(इभ्रत-या शब्दावरून)कुसुम f (kusum), सुमन (mr) f (suman), घटकुसुम f (ghaṭkusum), घटसुमन f (ghaṭsuman), योनिकुसुम f (yonikusum), योनिसुमन f (yonisuman) सुघटयोनि f (sughaṭyoni), घटयोनि f (ghaṭyoni)
Polish: łono (pl) n, wzgórek łonowy m
Portuguese: monte púbico m
Russian: лобо́к (ru) m (lobók)
Serbo-Croatian: venerin breg
Tagalog: puklo
Turkish: kasık höyüğü
Ukrainian: лобо́к (uk) m (lobók)

mons pubis

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