how to pronounce pelvis

/ˈpɛl.vɪs/

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pelvis is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of pelvis in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… ny on her pelvis standing for new york …”

meanings of pelvis

noun:

A funnel-shaped cavity, especially such a cavity in the kidney into which urine passes towards the ureter.
The large compound bone structure at the base of the spine that supports the legs. It consists of hip bone, sacrum and coccyx.

pelvis frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word pelvis occurs in english on average 2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics pelvis can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that pelvis can be often used in the following areas:

1) life, nature, and living environment;