Tonsil

//ˈtɒn.səl//

Synonyms for "tonsil" (4 found)

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Closest matches (1)

Noun(1 words)
faucial tonsil

Strong matches (1)

Noun(1 words)
palatine tonsil

Related words (2)

Noun(1 words)
tonsilla

Related word relations

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8 relation types

More general

2 entries

Synonyms

1 entries

Related terms

3 entries

derived

7 entries

has context

2 entries

is a

5 entries

part of

1 entries

related to

9 entries

Translations

97 translations across 55 languages.

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Albanian

2 entries
  • bajame noun (palatine tonsil)
  • barth noun (palatine tonsil)

Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • παρίσθμιον noun (palatine tonsil)
  • ἀντιάς noun (palatine tonsil)

Arabic

2 entries
  • لَوْزَة noun (palatine tonsil)
  • لُوَز noun (palatine tonsil)

Armenian

3 entries
  • գլանդ noun (palatine tonsil)
  • նշագեղձ noun (palatine tonsil)
  • նշիկ noun (palatine tonsil)

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

2 entries
  • ܢܲܚܢܲܚܬܵܐ noun (palatine tonsil)
  • ܦܪܵܩܬܵܐ noun (palatine tonsil)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • badamcıq noun (palatine tonsil)

Basque

1 entries
  • amigdala noun (palatine tonsil)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • мінда́ліна noun (palatine tonsil)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • сли́вица noun (palatine tonsil)
  • сли́вица noun (lymphoid organs)

Catalan

1 entries
  • amígdala noun (palatine tonsil)

Central Kurdish

2 entries
  • ئاڵوو noun (palatine tonsil)
  • ئاڵوو noun (lymphoid organs)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • 扁桃腺 noun (palatine tonsil)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 扁桃腺 noun (palatine tonsil)
  • 扁桃腺 noun (lymphoid organs)
  • 扁桃體 /扁桃体 noun (palatine tonsil)
  • 扁桃體 /扁桃体 noun (lymphoid organs)

Czech

2 entries
  • krční mandle noun (palatine tonsil)
  • mandle noun (lymphoid organs)

Danish

1 entries
  • mandel noun (palatine tonsil)

Dutch

3 entries
  • amandel noun (palatine tonsil)
  • keelamandel noun (palatine tonsil)
  • tonsil noun (palatine tonsil)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • tonsilo noun (palatine tonsil)

Estonian

1 entries
  • mandel noun (palatine tonsil)

Finnish

2 entries
  • nielurisa noun (palatine tonsil)
  • risa noun (lymphoid organs)

French

1 entries
  • amygdale noun (palatine tonsil)

Georgian

3 entries
  • გლანდი noun (palatine tonsil)
  • ნუშურა noun (palatine tonsil)
  • ნუშურა ჯირკვალი noun (palatine tonsil)

German

2 entries
  • Mandel noun (palatine tonsil)
  • Tonsille noun (palatine tonsil)

Greek

1 entries
  • αμυγδαλή noun (palatine tonsil)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • שָׁקֵד noun (palatine tonsil)

Hindi

2 entries
  • गलतुंडिका noun (palatine tonsil)
  • गलतुण्डिका noun (palatine tonsil)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • mandula noun (palatine tonsil)

Ido

1 entries
  • tonsilo noun (palatine tonsil)

Italian

1 entries
  • tonsilla noun (palatine tonsil)

Japanese

2 entries
  • 扁桃 noun (palatine tonsil)
  • 扁桃腺 noun (palatine tonsil)

Kazakh

2 entries
  • бадамша noun (palatine tonsil)
  • бадамша без noun (palatine tonsil)

Korean

2 entries
  • 편도 noun (palatine tonsil)
  • 편도선 noun (palatine tonsil)

Latin

1 entries
  • tonsillae noun (palatine tonsil)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • крајник noun (palatine tonsil)

Malay

1 entries
  • tonsil noun (palatine tonsil)

Mongolian

4 entries
  • бүйлсэн булчирхай noun (palatine tonsil)
  • бүйлсэн цогц noun (palatine tonsil)
  • хоолойны мах noun (palatine tonsil)
  • ᠪᠦᠢᠯᠡᠰᠦᠯᠣᠩ ᠪᠤᠷᠴᠢᠯᠬᠠᠢ noun (palatine tonsil)

Navajo

1 entries
  • akááz noun (palatine tonsil)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries
  • aloq noun (palatine tonsil)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • mandel noun (palatine tonsil)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • mandel noun (palatine tonsil)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • بادمجك noun (palatine tonsil)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • Haulsdrees noun (palatine tonsil)

Polish

2 entries
  • migdał noun (palatine tonsil)
  • migdałek noun (palatine tonsil)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • amígdala noun (palatine tonsil)
  • tonsila noun (palatine tonsil)

Romanian

1 entries
  • amigdală noun (palatine tonsil)

Romansch

2 entries
  • mandel noun (palatine tonsil)
  • mandla noun (palatine tonsil)

Russian

4 entries
  • гла́нда noun (palatine tonsil)
  • гла́нда noun (lymphoid organs)
  • минда́лина noun (palatine tonsil)
  • миндалеви́дная железа́ noun (palatine tonsil)

Slovak

2 entries
  • mandľa noun (palatine tonsil)
  • mandľa noun (lymphoid organs)

Spanish

4 entries
  • amígdala noun (palatine tonsil)
  • amígdala noun (lymphoid organs)
  • amígdala palatina noun (palatine tonsil)
  • tonsila noun (lymphoid organs)

Swedish

2 entries
  • halsmandel noun (palatine tonsil)
  • tonsill noun (palatine tonsil)

Tagalog

2 entries
  • diris noun (palatine tonsil)
  • gutil noun (palatine tonsil)

Turkish

1 entries
  • bademcik noun (palatine tonsil)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • мигда́лик noun (palatine tonsil)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • a-mi-đan noun (palatine tonsil)
  • hạch hạnh noun (palatine tonsil)

Welsh

2 entries
  • cilchwarren noun (palatine tonsil)
  • tonsil noun (palatine tonsil)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • מאַנדל noun (palatine tonsil)

Sample sentences

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He had an abscess on his tonsil.

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The doctor examined Tom's swollen lingual tonsil.

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