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windpipe

/ˈwɪndpaɪp/

windpipe noun: the trachea.

Noun

windpipe (plural windpipes)

  1. The trachea.
  2. Any duct for air or other gas.
  3. (rare) A section of road or bridleway which has a reputation for having strong crosswinds or localized wind swirls.
  4. (UK, rare, slang) The anus.

windpipe meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Malayalam

windpipe in Hindi

trachea
श्वासनली śvāsnalī

windpipe in Tamil

trachea
மூச்சுக்குழல் mūccukkuḻal, மூச்சுக்குழாய் mūccukkuḻāy, காற்றுக்குழல் kāṟṟukkuḻal, காற்றுக்குழாய் kāṟṟukkuḻāy

windpipe in Bengali

trachea
হলকুম holokum

windpipe in Malayalam

trachea, pharynx, throat
ശ്വാസനാളം, കണ്ഠനാളം, കുരൽനാഴി, കുരൽവള്ളി, ഗ്രീവാളിക, കുരവള
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windpipe in Kannada
ಉಸಿರಕೊಳವೆ
windpipe in Punjabi
ਸਾਹ ਨਾਲ਼ੀ sāh nāḷī
windpipe in Arabic
رُغَامَى ruḡāmā, قَصَبَة هَوَائِيَّة qaṣaba hawāʔiyya
windpipe in Malay
trakea
windpipe in Indonesian
trakea
windpipe in Persian
نای nây
windpipe in Thai
หลอดลม lòt lom
windpipe in Vietnamese
khí qun, khí quản

Forms of windpipe

pluralwindpipes

Origin of windpipe

From wind + pipe. First attested in the 1520s.

Questions about windpipe

What does windpipe mean?
Windpipe means the trachea.
What is windpipe in Hindi?
Windpipe in Hindi is श्वासनली (śvāsnalī). See Windpipe meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is windpipe?
Windpipe is a noun.
How do you pronounce windpipe?
Windpipe is pronounced /ˈwɪndpaɪp/.
What is the plural of windpipe?
The plural of windpipe is windpipes.

Words near windpipe in the dictionary

  1. windowwise
  2. windowy
  3. Windoze
  4. windpack
  5. windpants
  6. windpipe
  7. windpipes
  8. windplayer
  9. windplayers
  10. windpower
  11. windproof

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: windpipe (page history and authors); windpipe (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); windpipe (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਸਾਹ ਨਾਲ਼ੀ (Punjabi) (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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