proboscis

Signification (Anglais)

1. An elongated tube from the head or connected to the mouth, of an animal.
2. An elongated tube from the head or connected to the mouth, of an animal.
3. An elongated tube from the head or connected to the mouth, of an animal.
4. (humorous, informal, mildly) A large or lengthy human nose.

Concepts

trompe

🎺

appendice

coffre

proboscide

Synonymes

trunk

snout

sucker

stigma

nose

👃

schnozzle

mouthpart

air horn

elephant trunk

lips

👄

mouth

muzzle

Traductions

slurf

Rüssel

snuit

proboscide

tromp

olifantssnuit

probóscide

probóscide

trompa

tromba

probòscide

focinho

προβοσκίδα

rosto

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/pɹə(ʊ)ˈbɒs(k)ɪs/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From Latin proboscis, from Ancient Greek προβοσκίς (proboskís, “elephant's trunk”) literally "means for taking food," from προ- (pro-, “before”) + βόσκω (bóskō, “to nourish, feed”), from the Proto-Indo-European root *gʷeh₃- from which also comes βοτάνη (botánē, “grass, fodder”).