excroissance
French, noun\ɛks.kʁwa.sɑ̃s\
excroissance is a French feminine noun meaning “excrescence, outgrowth” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Sorte de tumeur qui se forme sur quelque partie extérieure du corps de l’homme ou de l’animal”.
What does excroissance mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineexcrescence, outgrowth
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sorte de tumeur qui se forme sur quelque partie extérieure du corps de l’homme ou de l’animal. 2. Tumeur des arbres, des plantes. 3. Développement volumineux parasitaire. 4. Petit bout arrondi d’une pièce de puzzle qui s’imbrique dans le creux d’une autre pièce.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of excroissance
- excroissances plural
- escrescence
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce excroissance?
- \ɛks.kʁwa.sɑ̃s\
- \ɛkskʁwa.sɑ̃s\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to excroissance
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is excroissance in French?
excroissance appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).