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sacrum en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˈseɪkɹəm/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈsækɹəm/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From Latin os sacrum (“holy bone”), a calque of Ancient Greek ἱερὸν ὀστέον (hieròn ostéon). Apparently so called either because the sacrum was the part of the animal offered in sacrifice or because of a putative belief that it is where a person's soul resides. A third explanation is that the term is a translation of Ancient Greek ἱερόν (hierón), which has two meanings: “holy, sacred”, and “big” — big being a more appropriate description of the sacrum — but compare.

Meanings

1. A large triangular bone at the base of the spine, located between the two ilia (wings of the pelvis) and formed from vertebrae that fuse in adulthood.

Forms

Deriveds

synsacrum · sacrectomy · sacral · hemisacrum

Relateds

nomen sacrum

Synonyms

holy bone

Translations (51)

mi tikitona (bone at the base of the spine) · hu keresztcsont (bone at the base of the spine) · pt sacro (bone at the base of the spine) · nl heiligbeen (bone at the base of the spine) · es hueso sacro (bone at the base of the spine) · vi xương mông (bone at the base of the spine) · is spjaldbein (bone at the base of the spine) · cs kříž (bone at the base of the spine) · es sacro (bone at the base of the spine) · cs kost křížová (bone at the base of the spine) · sv korsben (bone at the base of the spine) · mn ууцан яс (bone at the base of the spine) · te త్రికము (bone at the base of the spine) · is spjaldliðir (bone at the base of the spine) · tr sakrum (bone at the base of the spine) · mn туух нуруу (bone at the base of the spine) · de Kreuzbein (bone at the base of the spine) · tl kuyukot (bone at the base of the spine) · mi tiraki (bone at the base of the spine) · ceb kugongkugong (bone at the base of the spine) · cy sacrwm (bone at the base of the spine) · mi poroiwi (bone at the base of the spine) · pl krzyż (bone at the base of the spine) · ca sacre (bone at the base of the spine) · is spjaldhryggur (bone at the base of the spine) · kmr sêbende (bone at the base of the spine) · cy asgwrn y cwman (bone at the base of the spine) · ar عَجُزِ (bone at the base of the spine) · mi tiki (bone at the base of the spine) · mn ууц (bone at the base of the spine) · cmn 骶骨 (bone at the base of the spine) · bg кръст (bone at the base of the spine) · fa استخوان خاجی (bone at the base of the spine) · pl kość krzyżowa (bone at the base of the spine) · ba һигеҙгүҙ (bone at the base of the spine) · fr sacrum (bone at the base of the spine) · ga sacram (bone at the base of the spine) · ko 천골 (bone at the base of the spine) · ko 엉치뼈 (bone at the base of the spine) · sh krstača (bone at the base of the spine) · el ιερό οστό (bone at the base of the spine) · ja 仙骨 (bone at the base of the spine) · ja 薦骨 (bone at the base of the spine) · it osso sacro (bone at the base of the spine) · uk крижі (bone at the base of the spine) · hy սրբոսկր (bone at the base of the spine) · ru кресте́ц (bone at the base of the spine) · fi ristiluu (bone at the base of the spine) · he עצם העָצֶה (bone at the base of the spine) · izh ristipiiluu (bone at the base of the spine) · bg кръстна кост (bone at the base of the spine)