tailbone

tail·bone

T t

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [teyl-bohn]
- /ˈteɪlˌboʊn/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [teyl-bohn]
- /ˈteɪlˌboʊn/

Definitions of tailbone word

noun tailbone the coccyx. 1
noun tailbone anatomy: coccyx 1
noun tailbone coccyx 0

See all 3 definitions of tailbone

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Origin of tailbone

First appearance:

before 1540

One of the 30% oldest English words

First recorded in 1540-50; tail1 + bone

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Tailbone

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Tailbone

tailbone popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 50% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

tailbone usage trend in Literature

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