English Explanatory Dictionary

pharynx

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.
  2. 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.

Pronunciation

/ˈfa.ɹɪŋks/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-pharynx.wav /ˈfɛɹ.ɪŋks/ /ˈfæɹ.ɪŋks/

Word forms

pharynx pharynges pharynxes

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek φάρυγξ (phárunx)bor. New Latin pharynxbor. English pharynx Borrowing from New Latin pharynx, from Ancient Greek φᾰ́ρῠγξ (phắrŭnx, “throat”).

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

Arabic: بُلْعُوم Arabic: بَلعوم Arabic: لغلوغ Arabic: بَلْعوم Armenian: ըմպան Armenian: կոկորդաբերան Asturian: farinxe Bengali: গলবিল Bulgarian: глътка Bulgarian: фаринкс Catalan: faringe Chinese Mandarin: 咽頭 /咽头 Chinese Mandarin: 咽 Czech: hltan Danish: svælg Dutch: farynx Esperanto: faringo Estonian: neel Estonian: faarünks Faroese: svølg Faroese: svølgrúm Finnish: nielu Finnish: farynks French: pharynx Friulian: faringje Galician: farinxe German: Rachen German: Pharynx Greek: φάρυγγας Hebrew: לֹעַ Hebrew: בֵּית הַבְּלִיעָה Hungarian: garat Icelandic: kok Ido: faringo Interlingua: pharynge Irish: faraing Italian: faringe Japanese: 咽頭 Korean: 인두 Northern Kurdish: gewrî Northern Kurdish: gerû Latin: pharynx Macedonian: го́лтник Macedonian: ждре́ло Malay: farinks Māori: paeoro Norwegian Bokmål: svelg Norwegian Nynorsk: svelg Occitan: faringe Persian: حلق Persian: نایگلو Polish: gardło Portuguese: faringe Romanian: faringe
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