"proboscis" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /pɹə(ʊ)ˈbɒs(k)ɪs/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-proboscis.wav [Southern-England] Forms: proboscises [plural], proboscides [plural]
Etymology: 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”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*pro-}}, {{der|en|la|proboscis}} Latin proboscis, {{der|en|grc|προβοσκίς|t=elephant's trunk}} Ancient Greek προβοσκίς (proboskís, “elephant's trunk”), {{affix|grc|προ-|βόσκω|nocat=1|t1=before|t2=to nourish, feed}} προ- (pro-, “before”) + βόσκω (bóskō, “to nourish, feed”), {{der|en|ine-pro|-}} Proto-Indo-European, {{m|ine-pro|*gʷeh₃-}} *gʷeh₃-, {{m|grc|βοτάνη||grass, fodder}} βοτάνη (botánē, “grass, fodder”) Head templates: {{en-noun|+|proboscides}} proboscis (plural proboscises or proboscides)
  1. (anatomy) An elongated tube from the head or connected to the mouth, of an animal.
    (entomology, malacology) The tubular feeding and sucking organ of certain invertebrates like insects, worms and molluscs.
    Categories (topical): Anatomy, Entomology, Malacology
    Sense id: en-proboscis-en-noun-WW9xQrAN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 68 29 3 Topics: anatomy, biology, entomology, malacology, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
  2. (anatomy) An elongated tube from the head or connected to the mouth, of an animal.
    The trunk of an elephant.
    Categories (topical): Anatomy
    Sense id: en-proboscis-en-noun-jVtCjpv4 Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
  3. (informal, mildly humorous) A large or lengthy human nose. Tags: humorous, informal, mildly
    Sense id: en-proboscis-en-noun-Hby744Tt
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: proboscis monkey, proboscis worm Translations (elongated tube): خُرْطُوم (ḵurṭūm) [masculine] (Arabic), կնճիթ (knčitʿ) (Armenian), хобот (hobot) [masculine] (Bulgarian), probòscide [feminine] (Catalan), 長鼻 (Chinese Mandarin), 长鼻 (chángbí) (Chinese Mandarin), (wěn) (Chinese Mandarin), 象鼻 (xiàngbí) (note: of an elephant) (Chinese Mandarin), sosák [masculine] (Czech), slurf (Dutch), imukärsä (Finnish), kärsä (note: of an elephant) (Finnish), trompe [feminine] (French), proboscide [feminine] (French), Rüssel [masculine] (German), חֵדֶק (ḥédeq) [masculine] (Hebrew), ormány (note: of mammals) (Hungarian), pödörnyelv (note: of insects) (Hungarian), rostro (Ido), próboscas [masculine] (Irish), proboscide [feminine] (Italian), (fun) (alt: ふん) (Japanese), snabel [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), snabel [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), proboscide [feminine] (Occitan), probóscide [feminine] (Portuguese), probóscida [feminine] (Portuguese), proboscidă [feminine] (Romanian), хобото́к (xobotók) [masculine] (Russian), хо́бот (xóbot) (note: of an elephant) [masculine] (Russian), cuciak [masculine] (Slovak), probóscide [feminine] (Spanish), snabel [common-gender] (Swedish), хобото́к (xobotók) [masculine] (Ukrainian), probod (Volapük), sugaprobod (Volapük), trwnc (note: of elephant) [masculine] (Welsh), sugnydd (note: of insects) [masculine] (Welsh)
Disambiguation of 'elongated tube': 49 49 2

Noun [Latin]

Etymology: From Ancient Greek προβοσκίς (proboskís). Etymology templates: {{m|grc|προβοσκίς}} προβοσκίς (proboskís) Head templates: {{la-noun|proboscis/proboscid<3>|g=f}} proboscis f (genitive proboscidis); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|proboscis/proboscid<3>}} Forms: proboscidis [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], proboscis [nominative, singular], proboscidēs [nominative, plural], proboscidis [genitive, singular], proboscidum [genitive, plural], proboscidī [dative, singular], proboscidibus [dative, plural], proboscidem [accusative, singular], proboscidēs [accusative, plural], proboscide [ablative, singular], proboscidibus [ablative, plural], proboscis [singular, vocative], proboscidēs [plural, vocative]
  1. proboscis Tags: declension-3, feminine
    Sense id: en-proboscis-la-noun-6NsgFWfg
  2. snout Tags: declension-3, feminine
    Sense id: en-proboscis-la-noun-9WXwpt3m Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin feminine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 12 76 12 Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the third declension: 31 45 23
  3. trunk of an elephant Tags: declension-3, feminine
    Sense id: en-proboscis-la-noun-Rg7weAXC

Inflected forms

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        "1": "proboscis/proboscid<3>",
        "g": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "proboscis f (genitive proboscidis); third declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "proboscis/proboscid<3>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "proboscis"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "proboscis",
          "proboscis"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "snout"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "snout",
          "snout"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "trunk of an elephant"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "trunk",
          "trunk"
        ],
        [
          "elephant",
          "elephant"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "proboscis"
}

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