Phlegm

//fliːm//

Synonyms for "phlegm" (129 found)

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Closest matches (26)

Noun(1 words)
emotionlessness

Strong matches (39)

Related words (64)

Related word relations

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8 relation types

More general

6 entries

Synonyms

2 entries

Related terms

2 entries

derived

7 entries

etymologically related_to

5 entries

has context

3 entries

is a

1 entries

related to

11 entries

Translations

168 translations across 72 languages.

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Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • φλέγμα noun (historical: humour)
  • φλέγμα noun (mucus secreted in the bronchial passages)

Arabic

4 entries
  • بلغم noun (mucus secreted in the bronchial passages)
  • بَلْغَم noun (historical: humour)
  • بَلْغَم noun (mucus secreted in the bronchial passages)
  • قُشَاعَة noun (mucus secreted in the bronchial passages)

Armenian

1 entries
  • խորխ noun (mucus secreted in the bronchial passages)

Assamese

1 entries
  • খেঁকাৰ noun (mucus secreted in the bronchial passages)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • bəlğəm noun (mucus secreted in the bronchial passages)

Bashkir

1 entries
  • ҡаҡырыҡ noun (mucus secreted in the bronchial passages)

Belarusian

3 entries
  • макро́та noun (mucus secreted in the bronchial passages)
  • слізь noun (mucus secreted in the bronchial passages)
  • харко́ціна noun (mucus secreted in the bronchial passages)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • му́дност noun (calmness, composure)
  • слуз noun (mucus secreted in the bronchial passages)
  • флегмати́чност noun (calmness, composure)
  • хра́чки noun (mucus secreted in the bronchial passages)

Burmese

2 entries
  • သလိပ် noun (mucus secreted in the bronchial passages)
  • အချွဲ noun (mucus secreted in the bronchial passages)

Catalan

4 entries
  • flegma noun (historical: humour)
  • flegma noun (mucus secreted in the bronchial passages)
  • flegma noun (calmness, composure)
  • gargall noun (mucus secreted in the bronchial passages)

Cebuano

2 entries
  • kughal noun (mucus secreted in the bronchial passages)
  • plema noun (mucus secreted in the bronchial passages)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 痰 noun (mucus secreted in the bronchial passages)

Czech

3 entries
  • hlen noun (mucus secreted in the bronchial passages)
  • sliz noun (mucus secreted in the bronchial passages)
  • sopel noun (mucus secreted in the bronchial passages)

Danish

1 entries
  • slim noun (mucus secreted in the bronchial passages)

Dutch

1 entries
  • slijm noun (mucus secreted in the bronchial passages)

Finnish

4 entries
  • flegma noun (calmness, composure)
  • lima noun (historical: humour)
  • lima noun (mucus secreted in the bronchial passages)
  • tyyneys noun (calmness, composure)

French

4 entries
  • flegme noun (historical: humour)
  • flegme noun (calmness, composure)
  • glaire noun (mucus secreted in the bronchial passages)
  • pituite noun (historical: humour)

Galician

4 entries
  • cachaza noun (calmness, composure)
  • esgarro noun (mucus secreted in the bronchial passages)
  • flegma noun (historical: humour)
  • flegma noun (mucus secreted in the bronchial passages)

Georgian

4 entries
  • აუღელვებლობა noun (calmness, composure)
  • გულგრილობა noun (calmness, composure)
  • ლორწო noun (mucus secreted in the bronchial passages)
  • ლორწოვანი ნახველი noun (mucus secreted in the bronchial passages)

German

4 entries
  • Gemütsruhe noun (calmness, composure)
  • Gleichmut noun (calmness, composure)
  • Nasenschleim noun (mucus secreted in the bronchial passages)
  • Phlegma noun (historical: humour)

Greek

2 entries
  • φλέγμα noun (calmness, composure)
  • φλέματα noun (mucus secreted in the bronchial passages)

Hebrew

3 entries
  • כִּיחַ noun (mucus secreted in the bronchial passages)
  • לֵחָה noun (historical: humour)
  • לֵחָה noun (mucus secreted in the bronchial passages)

Hindi

4 entries
  • कफ noun (mucus secreted in the bronchial passages)
  • बलगम noun (mucus secreted in the bronchial passages)
  • बलग़म noun (mucus secreted in the bronchial passages)
  • श्लेष्मा noun (mucus secreted in the bronchial passages)

Icelandic

4 entries
  • deyfð noun (calmness, composure)
  • kvefslím noun (mucus secreted in the bronchial passages)
  • rólyndi noun (calmness, composure)
  • öndunarfæraslím noun (mucus secreted in the bronchial passages)

Ilocano

1 entries
  • turkak noun (mucus secreted in the bronchial passages)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • dahak noun (mucus secreted in the bronchial passages)

Irish

2 entries
  • fuarchúis noun (calmness, composure)
  • réama noun (mucus secreted in the bronchial passages)

Italian

2 entries
  • espettorato noun (mucus secreted in the bronchial passages)
  • flemma noun (calmness, composure)

Japanese

2 entries
  • 冷静さ noun (calmness, composure)
  • 痰 noun (mucus secreted in the bronchial passages)

Kapampangan

1 entries
  • badlo noun (mucus secreted in the bronchial passages)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • қақырық noun (mucus secreted in the bronchial passages)

Khmer

2 entries
  • សេមហកលា noun (mucus secreted in the bronchial passages)
  • ស្លេស្ម noun (mucus secreted in the bronchial passages)

Kikuyu

2 entries
  • kohozi noun (mucus secreted in the bronchial passages)
  • makorora noun (mucus secreted in the bronchial passages)

Korean

1 entries
  • 가래 noun (mucus secreted in the bronchial passages)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • какырык noun (mucus secreted in the bronchial passages)

Lao

2 entries
  • ສເລດ noun (mucus secreted in the bronchial passages)
  • ອາກ noun (mucus secreted in the bronchial passages)

Latin

2 entries
  • pītuīta noun (historical: humour)
  • pītuīta noun (mucus secreted in the bronchial passages)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • skrepliai noun (mucus secreted in the bronchial passages)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • слуз noun (mucus secreted in the bronchial passages)

Malay

1 entries
  • kahak noun (mucus secreted in the bronchial passages)

Mongolian

4 entries
  • салс noun (mucus secreted in the bronchial passages)
  • цэр noun (mucus secreted in the bronchial passages)
  • ᠰᠠᠯᠢᠰᠤ noun (mucus secreted in the bronchial passages)
  • ᠴᠡᠷ noun (mucus secreted in the bronchial passages)

Māori

4 entries
  • mare noun (mucus secreted in the bronchial passages)
  • maremare noun (mucus secreted in the bronchial passages)
  • wharo noun (mucus secreted in the bronchial passages)
  • wharowharo noun (mucus secreted in the bronchial passages)

Navajo

1 entries
  • chátłʼish noun (mucus secreted in the bronchial passages)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • slim noun (mucus secreted in the bronchial passages)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • slim noun (mucus secreted in the bronchial passages)

Ojibwe

1 entries
  • agig noun (mucus secreted in the bronchial passages)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • بلغم noun (mucus secreted in the bronchial passages)

Pashto

1 entries
  • بلغم noun (mucus secreted in the bronchial passages)

Persian

2 entries
  • بلغم noun (historical: humour)
  • بلغم noun (mucus secreted in the bronchial passages)

Polish

2 entries
  • flegma noun (mucus secreted in the bronchial passages)
  • śluz noun (mucus secreted in the bronchial passages)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • catarro noun (mucus secreted in the bronchial passages)
  • flegma noun (historical: humour)
  • fleuma noun (historical: humour)
  • fleuma noun (calmness, composure)

Romanian

1 entries
  • flegmă noun (mucus secreted in the bronchial passages)

Russian

4 entries
  • мокро́та noun (mucus secreted in the bronchial passages)
  • слизь noun (mucus secreted in the bronchial passages)
  • фле́гма noun (historical: humour)
  • фле́гма noun (mucus secreted in the bronchial passages)

Sanskrit

3 entries
  • कफ noun (mucus secreted in the bronchial passages)
  • खट noun (mucus secreted in the bronchial passages)
  • श्लेष्मन् noun (mucus secreted in the bronchial passages)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • slȗz noun (mucus secreted in the bronchial passages)
  • слу̑з noun (mucus secreted in the bronchial passages)

Slovak

2 entries
  • hlien noun (mucus secreted in the bronchial passages)
  • sliz noun (mucus secreted in the bronchial passages)

Slovene

1 entries
  • sluz noun (mucus secreted in the bronchial passages)

Spanish

4 entries
  • esputo noun (mucus secreted in the bronchial passages)
  • flegma noun (historical: humour)
  • flegma noun (mucus secreted in the bronchial passages)
  • flegma noun (calmness, composure)

Swahili

1 entries
  • kohozi noun (mucus secreted in the bronchial passages)

Swedish

1 entries
  • slem noun (mucus secreted in the bronchial passages)

Tagalog

4 entries
  • kalaghala noun (mucus secreted in the bronchial passages)
  • kanaghala noun (mucus secreted in the bronchial passages)
  • kanighala noun (mucus secreted in the bronchial passages)
  • plema noun (historical: humour)

Tajik

1 entries
  • балғам noun (mucus secreted in the bronchial passages)

Tamil

1 entries
  • சளி noun (mucus secreted in the bronchial passages)

Thai

3 entries
  • สิ่งขาก noun (mucus secreted in the bronchial passages)
  • เสมหะ noun (mucus secreted in the bronchial passages)
  • เสลด noun (mucus secreted in the bronchial passages)

Tibetan

1 entries
  • ལུད་པ noun (mucus secreted in the bronchial passages)

Turkish

1 entries
  • balgam noun (mucus secreted in the bronchial passages)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • gakylyk noun (mucus secreted in the bronchial passages)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • мокро́та noun (mucus secreted in the bronchial passages)
  • мокроти́ння noun (mucus secreted in the bronchial passages)
  • слиз noun (mucus secreted in the bronchial passages)
  • харкоти́ння noun (mucus secreted in the bronchial passages)

Urdu

1 entries
  • بلغم noun (mucus secreted in the bronchial passages)

Uyghur

2 entries
  • بەلغەم noun (mucus secreted in the bronchial passages)
  • خەپرۈك noun (mucus secreted in the bronchial passages)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • balgʻam noun (mucus secreted in the bronchial passages)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • đờm noun (mucus secreted in the bronchial passages)

Sample sentences

12 total sentences available.

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I have a lot of phlegm.

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My phlegm has blood in it.

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He's got some very British phlegm.

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Almost all the phlegm was removed by coughing alone.

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