proboscis

Other forms of proboscis

plural

proboscides

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about proboscis

What does proboscis mean?

proboscis means "the human nose (especially when it is large)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in proboscis?

proboscis has 3 syllables: pro-bo-scis. The stress falls on "bo". In IPA it is /pɹoʊˈbɑsəs/.

What is another word for proboscis?

Close synonyms include trunk. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is proboscis a common word?

proboscis is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.