protubérant
French, adjective\pʁɔ.ty.be.ʁɑ̃\
protubérant is spelled P-R-O-T-U-B-É-R-A-N-T (11 letters) and appears about once in every 35 million words in written French, the 190,022nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Protubérant is a French adjective meaning “bulging, protuberant” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of protubérer. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui fait saillie”.
What does protubérant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
bulging, protuberant
- 2
protruding
verb
- 1
present participle of protubérer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui fait saillie.
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 protubérant
- protubérante feminine
- protubérants masculine plural
- protubérantes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce protubérant?
- \pʁɔ.ty.be.ʁɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to protubérant
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is protubérant in French?
protubérant appears about once in every 35 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).