pharynx
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: anatomy
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Ancient Greek φάρυγξ (phárunx)bor.
New Latin pharynxbor.
English pharynx
Borrowing from New Latin pharynx, from Ancient Greek φᾰ́ρῠγξ (phắrŭnx, “throat”).
Inflected forms:
form: pharynges
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: pharynxes
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The part of the alimentary canal and respiratory tract that extends from the back of the mouth and nasal cavity to the larynx and esophagus.
pos: noun
gloss: The part of the alimentary canal immediately behind the mouth in invertebrates that may be thickened and muscular, eversible and toothed, or adapted as a suctorial organ.
pos: noun
Related words: pharyngeal
pharyngo-
pharyng-
larynx
Derived words: actinopharynx
buccopharynx
craniopharyngioma
cytopharynx
epipharynx
glossopharynx
hypopharynx
laryngopharynx
mesopharynx
nasopharynx
neopharynx
oropharynx
palatopharynx
pharyngal
pharyngotomy
retropharynx
rhinopharynx
velopharynx
Translations:
lang: Arabic
word: بُلْعُوم
roman: bulʕūm
lang: Arabic
word: بَلعوم
roman: balʕūm, balʕōm
lang: Arabic
word: لغلوغ
roman: laḡlūḡ
lang: Arabic
word: بَلْعوم
roman: balʕūm
lang: Armenian
word: ըմպան
roman: əmpan
lang: Armenian
word: կոկորդաբերան
roman: kokordaberan
lang: Asturian
word: farinxe
lang: Bengali
word: গলবিল
roman: golbil
lang: Bulgarian
word: глътка
roman: glǎtka
lang: Bulgarian
word: фаринкс
roman: farinks
lang: Catalan
word: faringe
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 咽頭 /咽头
roman: yāntóu
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 咽
roman: yān
lang: Czech
word: hltan
lang: Danish
word: svælg
lang: Dutch
word: farynx
lang: Esperanto
word: faringo
lang: Estonian
word: neel
lang: Estonian
word: faarünks
lang: Faroese
word: svølg
lang: Faroese
word: svølgrúm
lang: Finnish
word: nielu
lang: Finnish
word: farynks
lang: French
word: pharynx
lang: Friulian
word: faringje
lang: Galician
word: farinxe
lang: German
word: Rachen
lang: German
word: Pharynx
lang: Greek
word: φάρυγγας
roman: fáryngas
lang: Hebrew
word: לֹעַ
roman: lóa
lang: Hebrew
word: בֵּית הַבְּלִיעָה
roman: bet habli'á
lang: Hungarian
word: garat
lang: Icelandic
word: kok
lang: Ido
word: faringo
lang: Interlingua
word: pharynge
lang: Irish
word: faraing
lang: Italian
word: faringe
lang: Japanese
word: 咽頭
roman: intō
lang: Korean
word: 인두
roman: indu
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: gewrî
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: gerû
lang: Latin
word: pharynx
lang: Macedonian
word: го́лтник
roman: góltnik
lang: Macedonian
word: ждре́ло
roman: ždrélo
lang: Malay
word: farinks
lang: Māori
word: paeoro
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: svelg
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: svelg
lang: Occitan
word: faringe
lang: Persian
word: حلق
roman: halq
lang: Persian
word: نایگلو
roman: nây-gelu
lang: Polish
word: gardło
lang: Portuguese
word: faringe
lang: Romanian
word: faringe
lang: Russian
word: фа́ринкс
roman: fárinks
lang: Russian
word: зев
roman: zev
lang: Russian
word: гло́тка
roman: glótka
lang: Russian
word: горта́нь
roman: gortánʹ
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: ждријело
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: ždrijelo
lang: Slovak
word: hltan
lang: Slovene
word: žrêlo
lang: Spanish
word: faringe
lang: Swedish
word: svalg
lang: Tagalog
word: lalagukan
lang: Tamil
word: தொண்டைப்புரை
roman: toṇṭaippurai
lang: Thai
word: คอหอย
roman: kɔɔ-hɔ̌i
lang: Thai
word: ช่องคอ
roman: chɔ̂ng-kɔɔ
lang: Turkish
word: yutak
lang: Vietnamese
word: yết hầu
lang: Volapük
word: farin