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How to Pronounce "tailbone"

word

ˈteɪlˌbəʊn
TAYL-bohn
tˈeɪlbəʊn
TAYL-bohn

Definition

The small, triangular bone at the very bottom of your spine, made up of fused vertebrae. It is the remnant of a tail in humans.

IPA Transcription

American English

ˈteɪlˌbəʊn

British English

tˈeɪlbəʊn

Simplified Pronunciation

US

TAYL-bohn

UK

TAYL-bohn

Listen in Context

After slipping on the ice, she bruised her tailbone pretty badly.

I fell and hurt my tailbone.

Your tailbone is at the base of your spine.

Some people break their tailbone when they fall.