Pharynx

//ˈfa.ɹɪŋks//

Synonyms for "pharynx" (38 found)

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Closest matches (8)

Strong matches (11)

Related words (19)

Noun(1 words)
throat

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meronym

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related to

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Translations

70 translations across 52 languages.

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Arabic

4 entries
  • بَلعوم noun (part of the alimentary canal)
  • بَلْعوم noun (part of the alimentary canal)
  • بُلْعُوم noun (part of the alimentary canal)
  • لغلوغ noun (part of the alimentary canal)

Armenian

2 entries
  • ըմպան noun (part of the alimentary canal)
  • կոկորդաբերան noun (part of the alimentary canal)

Asturian

1 entries
  • farinxe noun (part of the alimentary canal)

Bengali

1 entries
  • গলবিল noun (part of the alimentary canal)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • глътка noun (part of the alimentary canal)
  • фаринкс noun (part of the alimentary canal)

Catalan

1 entries
  • faringe noun (part of the alimentary canal)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 咽 noun (part of the alimentary canal)
  • 咽頭 /咽头 noun (part of the alimentary canal)

Czech

1 entries
  • hltan noun (part of the alimentary canal)

Danish

1 entries
  • svælg noun (part of the alimentary canal)

Dutch

1 entries
  • farynx noun (part of the alimentary canal)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • faringo noun (part of the alimentary canal)

Estonian

2 entries
  • faarünks noun (part of the alimentary canal)
  • neel noun (part of the alimentary canal)

Faroese

2 entries
  • svølg noun (part of the alimentary canal)
  • svølgrúm noun (part of the alimentary canal)

Finnish

2 entries
  • farynks noun (part of the alimentary canal)
  • nielu noun (part of the alimentary canal)

French

1 entries
  • pharynx noun (part of the alimentary canal)

Friulian

1 entries
  • faringje noun (part of the alimentary canal)

Galician

1 entries
  • farinxe noun (part of the alimentary canal)

German

2 entries
  • Pharynx noun (part of the alimentary canal)
  • Rachen noun (part of the alimentary canal)

Greek

1 entries
  • φάρυγγας noun (part of the alimentary canal)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • בֵּית הַבְּלִיעָה noun (part of the alimentary canal)
  • לֹעַ noun (part of the alimentary canal)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • garat noun (part of the alimentary canal)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • kok noun (part of the alimentary canal)

Ido

1 entries
  • faringo noun (part of the alimentary canal)

Interlingua

1 entries
  • pharynge noun (part of the alimentary canal)

Irish

1 entries
  • faraing noun (part of the alimentary canal)

Italian

1 entries
  • faringe noun (part of the alimentary canal)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 咽頭 noun (part of the alimentary canal)

Korean

1 entries
  • 인두 noun (part of the alimentary canal)

Latin

1 entries
  • pharynx noun (part of the alimentary canal)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • го́лтник noun (part of the alimentary canal)
  • ждре́ло noun (part of the alimentary canal)

Malay

1 entries
  • farinks noun (part of the alimentary canal)

Māori

1 entries
  • paeoro noun (part of the alimentary canal)

Northern Kurdish

2 entries
  • gerû noun (part of the alimentary canal)
  • gewrî noun (part of the alimentary canal)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • svelg noun (part of the alimentary canal)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • svelg noun (part of the alimentary canal)

Occitan

1 entries
  • faringe noun (part of the alimentary canal)

Persian

2 entries
  • حلق noun (part of the alimentary canal)
  • نایگلو noun (part of the alimentary canal)

Polish

1 entries
  • gardło noun (part of the alimentary canal)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • faringe noun (part of the alimentary canal)

Romanian

1 entries
  • faringe noun (part of the alimentary canal)

Russian

4 entries
  • гло́тка noun (part of the alimentary canal)
  • горта́нь noun (part of the alimentary canal)
  • зев noun (part of the alimentary canal)
  • фа́ринкс noun (part of the alimentary canal)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • ždrijelo noun (part of the alimentary canal)
  • ждријело noun (part of the alimentary canal)

Slovak

1 entries
  • hltan noun (part of the alimentary canal)

Slovene

1 entries
  • žrêlo noun (part of the alimentary canal)

Spanish

1 entries
  • faringe noun (part of the alimentary canal)

Swedish

1 entries
  • svalg noun (part of the alimentary canal)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • lalagukan noun (part of the alimentary canal)

Tamil

1 entries
  • தொண்டைப்புரை noun (part of the alimentary canal)

Thai

1 entries
  • คอหอย noun (part of the alimentary canal)

Turkish

1 entries
  • yutak noun (part of the alimentary canal)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • yết hầu noun (part of the alimentary canal)

Volapük

1 entries
  • farin noun (part of the alimentary canal)

Sample sentences

4 total sentences available.

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Pharyngeal sounds are made in the pharynx.

Source: tatoeba (8985173)

What is the difference between the pharynx and larynx?

Source: tatoeba (12177428)

What's the difference between the pharynx and larynx?

Source: tatoeba (12177429)

Oral cancer and cancer of the pharynx, or upper part of the throat, are especially aggressive forms of the disease that are very hard to treat.

Source: tatoeba (12302512)

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