pubes

Etymology 1
From, from , ; see.

Noun

 * 1) ; Pubic bones.

Noun

 * 1) The pubic hair.
 * 2) The pubic region.

Translations

 * Maori: puke huruhuru ,


 * Amharic: ጭገር
 * French:
 * Italian: peli pubici
 * Kannada:

Usage notes

 * It is common for even educated people to be familiar with the back-formed sense of pubes and its singular, pube, while being unaware of the original sense, declension, and etymology. Whereas the original sense occurs mostly in medical English rather than lay English, the newer sense is widely encountered in colloquial speech, though avoided in formal-register lay vocabulary. Thus, although pubes in the sense of pubic hair has two equally valid pronunciations, the monosyllabic  is usually intended in everyday written communication.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:pubic hair

Noun

 * 1)  (pubic bones)

Noun

 * 1)  (crab lice)

Etymology 1
Possible connection with, , ,.

Adjective

 * 1) adult, grown-up
 * 2) pubescent
 * 3) ripe
 * 4) downy (of plants)

Etymology 2
From.

Noun

 * 1) youth
 * 2) youthfulness
 * 3) pubic hair