Larynx

//ˈlæ.ɹɪŋks//

Synonyms for "larynx" (28 found)

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Closest matches (6)

Noun(1 words)
voice box

Strong matches (8)

Related words (14)

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More general

4 entries

Synonyms

1 entries

Related terms

3 entries

derived

6 entries

is a

4 entries

meronym

3 entries

part of

2 entries

related to

5 entries

Translations

98 translations across 75 languages.

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Albanian

1 entries
  • laring noun (organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • λάρυγξ noun (organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production)

Arabic

3 entries
  • حنجرة noun (organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production)
  • حَنْجَرة noun (organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production)
  • حَنْجَرَة noun (organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production)

Aramaic

1 entries
  • ܓܓܪܬܐ noun (organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production)

Armenian

2 entries
  • խռչակ noun (organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production)
  • կոկորդ noun (organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production)

Asturian

1 entries
  • larinxe noun (organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • qırtlaq noun (organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • гарта́нь noun (organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production)

Bengali

1 entries
  • স্বরযন্ত্র noun (organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production)

Breton

1 entries
  • garloc'henn noun (organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • гръкля́н noun (organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production)
  • ларинкс noun (organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production)

Catalan

1 entries
  • laringe noun (organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 喉 noun (organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production)
  • 喉頭 /喉头 noun (organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production)
  • 嗓子 noun (organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production)

Cornish

1 entries
  • aval briansen noun (organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production)

Czech

1 entries
  • hrtan noun (organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production)

Danish

1 entries
  • strubehoved noun (organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production)

Dutch

1 entries
  • strottenhoofd noun (organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • laringo noun (organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production)

Estonian

1 entries
  • kõri noun (organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production)

Faroese

3 entries
  • barkaknetti noun (organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production)
  • barkaknøttur noun (organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production)
  • barkakýli noun (organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production)

Finnish

1 entries
  • kurkunpää noun (organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production)

French

1 entries
  • larynx noun (organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production)

Galician

1 entries
  • larinxe noun (organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production)

Georgian

1 entries
  • ხორხი noun (organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production)

German

1 entries
  • Kehlkopf noun (organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production)

Greek

1 entries
  • λάρυγγας noun (organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • בית הקול noun (organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production)

Hindi

2 entries
  • स्वरग्रंथि noun (organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production)
  • स्वरयंत्र noun (organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • gége noun (organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • barkakýli noun (organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production)

Ido

1 entries
  • laringo noun (organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • laring noun (organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production)

Ingrian

1 entries
  • kori noun (organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production)

Irish

3 entries
  • an feadán glóir noun (organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production)
  • laraing noun (organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production)
  • úll na scórnaí noun (organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production)

Italian

1 entries
  • laringe noun (organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 喉頭 noun (organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production)

Kannada

3 entries
  • ಕಂಠ ಕುಹರ noun (organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production)
  • ಗಂಟಲಗೂಡು noun (organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production)
  • ಧ್ವನಿಪೆಟ್ಟಿಗೆ noun (organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production)

Kazakh

2 entries
  • көмей noun (organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production)
  • көмекей noun (organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production)

Khmer

2 entries
  • ឃោសិត្រ noun (organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production)
  • បំពង់កក្នុង noun (organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production)

Korean

1 entries
  • 후두 noun (organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • кекиртек noun (organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production)

Latin

1 entries
  • larynx noun (organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production)

Latvian

1 entries
  • balsene noun (organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production)

Limburgish

1 entries
  • straot noun (organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • gerklos noun (organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • грклан noun (organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production)

Malay

1 entries
  • larinks noun (organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production)

Manx

2 entries
  • aahjioogh noun (organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production)
  • goolag noun (organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production)

Māori

1 entries
  • paeoro noun (organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries
  • qirrik noun (organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production)

Norwegian

1 entries
  • strupehode noun (organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production)

Occitan

1 entries
  • laringe noun (organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production)

Persian

2 entries
  • حنجره noun (organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production)
  • خشکنای noun (organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production)

Polish

1 entries
  • krtań noun (organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • laringe noun (organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production)

Romanian

1 entries
  • laringe noun (organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production)

Russian

2 entries
  • гло́тка noun (organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production)
  • горта́нь noun (organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • guthlag noun (organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • gr̀kljan noun (organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production)
  • гр̀кљан noun (organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production)

Slovak

1 entries
  • hrtan noun (organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production)

Slovene

1 entries
  • grlo noun (organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production)

Spanish

1 entries
  • laringe noun (organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production)

Swedish

2 entries
  • larynx noun (organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production)
  • struphuvud noun (organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production)

Tagalog

2 entries
  • patinigan noun (organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production)
  • tatagukan noun (organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production)

Tamil

1 entries
  • குரல்வளை noun (organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production)

Telugu

1 entries
  • స్వరపేటిక noun (organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production)

Thai

1 entries
  • กล่องเสียง noun (organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production)

Turkish

1 entries
  • gırtlak noun (organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • kekirdek noun (organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • гло́тка noun (organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production)
  • горта́нь noun (organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • بوغۇز noun (organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • kekirdak noun (organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • thanh quản noun (organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production)

Volapük

1 entries
  • larin noun (organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production)

Welsh

2 entries
  • corn gwddf noun (organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production)
  • laryncs noun (organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production)

Sample sentences

13 total sentences available.

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The human voice is produced by the larynx.

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The glottis is part of the larynx.

Source: tatoeba (8860446)

Frederick III was emperor of Germany for only ninety-nine days. He died of cancer of the larynx from constant smoking. Thus, tobacco influenced German history.

Source: tatoeba (9763514)

The trachea, or windpipe, is a cylindrical tube extending from the lower part of the larynx to where it divides into the bronchi.

Source: tatoeba (10123534)

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