psoas

From Ancient Greek ψόας (psóas, “of the muscle of the loins”), genitive singular of ψόα (psóa).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsəʊ.əs/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsoʊ.əs/, /ˈsoʊ.æs/

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• Rhymes: -əʊəs
• Hyphenation: pso‧as

psoas (plural psoae or psoai or psoas or psoases)

1. (anatomy) Either of two muscles, the psoas major and psoas minor, involved in flexion of the trunk.

• iliopsoas

• psoitis

• Pasos, Posas, possa, soaps

Actually a noun used only in the genitive, from Ancient Greek ψόᾱς (psóās), genitive singular of ψόᾱ (psóā).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈpso.aːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈpsɔː.as]

psoās (indeclinable)

1. (New Latin) psoas

   mūsculus psoās major

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek ψόας (psóas).

• Homophone: pessoas (Portugal)
• Hyphenation: pso‧as

psoas m (invariable)

1. (anatomy) psoas

• “psoas”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “psoas”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Borrowed from French psoas.

psoas m (plural psoași)

1. (anatomy) psoas

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ψόας (psóas).

• IPA^(key): /ˈsoas/ [ˈso.as]
• Rhymes: -oas
• Syllabification: pso‧as

psoas m (plural psoas)

1. (anatomy) psoas

• “psoas”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025