pubes

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(pyū'bēz) pronunciation
n., pl., pubes.
  1. The lower part of the abdomen, especially the region surrounding the external genital organs.
  2. The hair that appears on this region at puberty.
  3. Plural of pubis.

[Latin pūbēs.]


Pubic hair or the region of the body on which it grows.

noun pl.
noun pl.

The pubic hair; first recorded in the late 16th century as a two-syllable word adopted from Latin pubes pubic hair; the slang usage, pronounced /pju:bz/, is a comparatively recent development.
International H & E Monthly If I did shave my pubes I would end up sporting lots of elastoplast in all the places where I had cut myself (1990).



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Dansk (Danish)
n. - skamhår

Nederlands (Dutch)
schaamstreek

Français (French)
n. - poils du pubis

Deutsch (German)
n. - Schamgegend

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (ανατ.) εφήβαιο

Italiano (Italian)
osso pubico, pube

Português (Portuguese)
n. - púbis (f)
n. pl. - púbis (f pl)

Русский (Russian)
область лобка, лобковые волосы

Español (Spanish)
n. - pubis, plural de pubis

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - blygd
n. pl. - blygdhår

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
阴毛, 软毛, 阴部

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 陰毛, 軟毛, 陰部

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 음모, 거뭇, 음부

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 陰毛, 陰部

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) العانه, شعر العانه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮איזור הערווה, שער הערווה‬


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