Meanings
fallopian tube1
nounfallopian tube (plural fallopian tubes)
plural fallopian tubes
- Alternative letter-case form of Fallopian tube.
Fallopian tube2
Synonyms & antonyms
nounEither of the two ducts through which ova pass from the ovaries to the uterus.
More synonyms by meaning
nouneither of a pair of tubes conducting the egg from the ovary to the uterus
Similar
Broader
salpinxfemale internal reproductive organ
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Ancient Greek πλεκτάνη
- πλεκτάνη (plektánē)duct
Arabic قَنَاةُ الرَّحِمِ
- قَنَاةُ الرَّحِمِ (qanātu r-raḥimi)duct
Catalan trompa de Fal·lopi
- trompa de Fal·lopiduct
Chinese Mandarin 輸卵管 /输卵管
- 輸卵管 /输卵管 (shūluǎnguǎn)duct
Czech vejcovod
- vejcovodduct
Danish æggeleder
- æggelederduct
Dutch eileider
- eileiderduct
Esperanto ovodukto
- ovoduktoduct
Finnish munanjohdin, munatorvi
- munanjohdinduct
- munatorviduct
French trompe de Fallope, oviducte
- trompe de Fallopeduct
- oviducteduct
German Eileiter, Ovidukt
- Eileiterduct
- Oviduktduct
Greek σάλπιγγα
- σάλπιγγα (sálpinga)duct
Hebrew חֲצוֹצְרָה
- חֲצוֹצְרָה (ẖatzotzrá)duct
Hindi गर्भनली
- गर्भनली (garbhanlī)duct
Hungarian petevezeték, méhkürt
- petevezetékduct
- méhkürtduct
Icelandic eggrás, eggjagöng
- eggrásduct
- eggjagöngduct
- legpípaduct
- eggjaleiðariduct
Italian tuba di Falloppio
- tuba di Falloppioduct
Japanese 輸卵管, 卵管
- 輸卵管 (yurankan)duct
- 卵管 (rankan)duct
- らっぱ管 (rappakan)duct
Korean 나팔관, 난관
- 나팔관 (napalgwan)duct
- 난관 (nan'gwan)duct
- 자궁관 (jagunggwan)duct
Latvian olvads
- olvadsduct
Māori pūkano, pūkākano
- pūkanoduct
- pūkākanoduct
Norwegian Bokmål eggleder
- egglederduct
Polish jajowód
- jajowódduct
Portuguese tuba uterina, trompa de falópio
- tuba uterinaduct
- trompa de falópioduct
Romanian oviduct, trompă uterină
- oviductduct
- trompă uterinăduct
Russian фалло́пиева труба́, ма́точная труба́
- фалло́пиева труба́ (fallópijeva trubá)duct
- ма́точная труба́ (mátočnaja trubá)duct
- яйцево́д (jajcevód)duct
Slovak vajíčkovod
- vajíčkovodduct
Spanish trompa de Falopio
- trompa de Falopioduct
Swahili futuza, mrija wa uzazi
- futuzaduct
- mrija wa uzaziduct
Swedish äggledare
- äggledareduct
Tagalog anurang-itlog
- anurang-itlogduct
Thai ท่อนำไข่
- ท่อนำไข่ (tôr nam kài)duct
Turkish fallopi tüpü, fallop tüpü
- fallopi tüpüduct
- fallop tüpüduct
Ukrainian яйцепрові́д
- яйцепрові́д (jajceprovíd)duct
Vietnamese noan quản
- noan quảnduct
Cite this entry
APA
fallopian tube. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fallopian%20tube
MLA
“fallopian tube.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fallopian%20tube. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fallopian tube,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fallopian%20tube.
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