trachea
Syllables: tra·che·aUK/tɹəˈkiː.ə//ˈtɹeɪ.ki.ə/
trachea noun: a thin-walled, cartilaginous tube connecting the larynx to the bronchi.
Noun
trachea meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Kannada
trachea in Tamil
- thin-walled, cartilaginous tube connecting the larynx to the bronchi
- மூச்சுக்குழல் mūccukkuḻal, மூச்சுக்குழாய் mūccukkuḻāy, காற்றுக்குழல் kāṟṟukkuḻal, காற்றுக்குழாய் kāṟṟukkuḻāy
trachea in Urdu
- trachea
- قصبہ qasba
trachea in Bengali
- thin-walled, cartilaginous tube connecting the larynx to the bronchi
- হলকুম holokum
trachea in Kannada
- ಉಸಿರ ಕೊಳವೆ
More languagesFewer languages
- trachea in Punjabi
- ਸਾਹ ਨਾਲ਼ੀ sāh nāḷī
- trachea in Gujarati
- શ્વાસનળી śvāsnaḷī
- trachea in Tagalog
- hihingahan
- trachea in Arabic
- قَصَبَة هَوَائِيَّة qaṣaba hawāʔiyya
- trachea in Persian
- نای nāy
- trachea in Thai
- หลอดลม lɔ̀ɔt-lom, ท่อลม
- trachea in Vietnamese
- khí quản
Examples of trachea in a sentence
- The doctor is about to intubate the patient's trachea.
- Gravity does the rest as Jane's vomit spills back into her trachea.
- Amaurobioids are characterized by slender unbranched tracheal tubes, while dictynoids should have at least the median tracheae strongly branched.
Synonyms of trachea
Forms of trachea
| plural | tracheae |
|---|---|
| plural | tracheas |
| plural (obsolete) | tracheæ |
Origin of trachea
From late Middle English, from Medieval Latin trāchēa (“the windpipe”) (also borrowed as Late Latin trāchīa), from Ancient Greek τρᾱχεῖᾰ ᾰ̓ρτηρῐ́ᾱ (trākheîă ărtērĭ́ā, “windpipe, trachea”).
Words formed from trachea
Words that rhyme with trachea
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- althea
- Anthea
- Caesarea
- hamartia
- Hosea
- Leah
- logorrhea
- maria
- panacea
- Sandia
- Theia
- Zia
- Achaea
- Alethea
- carry the message to Garcia
- chia
- chorea
- diarrhea
- Hygieia
- mens rea
- pharmacopoeia
- pro-mia
- quesadilla
- ratafia
- sangria
- shea
- Shi'a
- tortilla
- urea
- Aeaea
- Apamea
- apatheia
- Aramea
- Arimathea
- avania
- cinquedea
- Corea
- deliver the message to Garcia
- dionaea
- dyspnea
- Euboea
- eupatheia
- Euryclea
- Fawzia
- gelateria
- glossopoeia
- gonorrhea
- Hialeah
Questions about trachea
- What does trachea mean?
- Trachea means a thin-walled, cartilaginous tube connecting the larynx to the bronchi.
- What is trachea in Tamil?
- Trachea in Tamil is மூச்சுக்குழல் (mūccukkuḻal), மூச்சுக்குழாய் (mūccukkuḻāy), காற்றுக்குழல் (kāṟṟukkuḻal). See Trachea meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is trachea?
- Trachea is a noun.
- How do you pronounce trachea?
- Trachea is pronounced /tɹəˈkiː.ə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of trachea?
- The plural of trachea is tracheae.
Words near trachea in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: trachea (page history and authors); قصبہ (Urdu) (page history and authors); trachea (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); શ્વાસનળી (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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