Added 10 October 2026
protuberance
/pɹəˈtjuː.bə.ɹəns/ noun
In Latin: tūber, protuberantia Wiktionary
noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about protuberance at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
Origin
From French protubérance, from Latin prōtubērantia (“bulge; protuberance”), from prō + tūber (“swelling; protuberance”) + -antia (“-ance”).
From Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org (CC BY-SA)