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)

1. 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)

See also

• pubic hair

Further reading

• mons pubis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia