protrusion
French, noun\pʁɔ.tʁy.zjɔ̃\
protrusion is spelled P-R-O-T-R-U-S-I-O-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 34 million words in written French, the 186,002nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Protrusion is a French feminine noun meaning “protrusion” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Position avancée, pathologique ou mouvement vers l’avant d’un organe”.
What does protrusion mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineprotrusion
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Position avancée, pathologique ou mouvement vers l’avant d’un organe. 2. Petite protubérance présente au niveau des synapses axo-dendritiques servant à augmenter leur surface, elles sont alors appelées épines dendritiques
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 protrusion
- protrusions plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce protrusion?
- \pʁɔ.tʁy.zjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is protrusion in French?
protrusion appears about once in every 34 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).