Meanings
Synonyms & antonyms
nounmembranous tube with cartilaginous rings that conveys inhaled air from the larynx to the bronchi
Similar
Broader
cartilaginous tube
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From wind + pipe. First attested in the 1520s.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek βρόγχος
- βρόγχος (brónkhos)trachea
Arabic رُغَامَى, قَصَبَة هَوَائِيَّة
- رُغَامَى (ruḡāmā)trachea
- قَصَبَة هَوَائِيَّة (qaṣaba hawāʔiyya)trachea
Bengali হলকুম
- হলকুম (holokum)trachea
Bulgarian трахе́я, диха́телна тръба́
- трахе́я (trahéja)trachea
- диха́телна тръба́ (dihátelna trăbá)trachea
Catalan canya del pulmó
- canya del pulmótrachea
Chinese Mandarin 氣管 /气管
- 氣管 /气管 (qìguǎn)trachea
Czech průdušnice
- průdušnicetrachea
Danish luftrør
- luftrørtrachea
Dutch luchtpijp
- luchtpijptrachea
Estonian hingetoru, trahhea
- hingetorutrachea
- trahheatrachea
Finnish henkitorvi, torvi
- henkitorvitrachea
- torviduct
- kanavaduct
- putkiduct
French trachée
- trachéetrachea
German Trachea, Luftröhre
- Tracheatrachea
- Luftröhretrachea
Greek τραχεία
- τραχεία (tracheía)trachea
Hindi श्वासनली
- श्वासनली (śvāsnalī)trachea
Hungarian légcső
- légcsőtrachea
Indonesian trakea
- trakeatrachea
Irish píobán garbh
- píobán garbhtrachea
Italian trachea
- tracheatrachea
Japanese 気管
- 気管 (kikan)trachea
Korean 숨통, 기도
- 숨통 (sumtong)trachea
- 기도 (gido)trachea
- 기관 (gigwan)trachea
Latin aspera artēria, trachīa
- aspera artēriatrachea
- trachīatrachea
- fistula spiritālistrachea
- pulmōnis calamustrachea
- canālis animaetrachea
- canna gutturistrachea
Latvian traheja, elpvads
- trahejatrachea
- elpvadstrachea
Lithuanian trachėja
- trachėjatrachea
Malay trakea
- trakeatrachea
Māori pūkorokoro
- pūkorokorotrachea
Norwegian Bokmål luftrør
- luftrørtrachea
Persian نای
- نای (nây)trachea
Polish tchawica
- tchawicatrachea
Portuguese traqueia
- traqueiatrachea
Romanian trahee
- traheetrachea
Russian трахе́я, дыха́тельное го́рло
- трахе́я (traxéja)trachea
- дыха́тельное го́рло (dyxátelʹnoje górlo)trachea
Scottish Gaelic sgòrnan
- sgòrnantrachea
Slovak priedušnica
- priedušnicatrachea
Spanish vía respiratoria
- vía respiratoriatrachea
Swedish luftstrupe
- luftstrupetrachea
Tamil மூச்சுக்குழல், மூச்சுக்குழாய்
- மூச்சுக்குழல் (mūccukkuḻal)trachea
- மூச்சுக்குழாய் (mūccukkuḻāy)trachea
- காற்றுக்குழல் (kāṟṟukkuḻal)trachea
- காற்றுக்குழாய் (kāṟṟukkuḻāy)trachea
Thai หลอดลม
- หลอดลม (lòt lom)trachea
Turkish nefes borusu, trakea
- nefes borusutrachea
- trakeatrachea
- soluk borusutrachea
- traketrachea
Ukrainian трахе́я, диха́льне го́рло
- трахе́я (traxéja)trachea
- диха́льне го́рло (dyxálʹne hórlo)trachea
Vietnamese khí qun, khí quản
- khí quntrachea
- khí quảntrachea
Welsh corn gwddf
- corn gwddftrachea
Cite this entry
APA
windpipe. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/windpipe
MLA
“windpipe.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/windpipe. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “windpipe,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/windpipe.
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