Uvula

//ˈjuː.vjʊl.ə//

Synonyms for "uvula" (9 found)

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Closest matches (2)

Strong matches (3)

Related words (4)

Noun(1 words)
staphyle

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Translations

132 translations across 86 languages.

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Adyghe

1 entries
  • бзэгужъый noun (appendage that hangs from the palate)

Afrikaans

1 entries
  • kleintong noun (appendage that hangs from the palate)

Ahtna

1 entries
  • yidah loggeʼ noun (appendage that hangs from the palate)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • γαργαρεών noun (appendage that hangs from the palate)

Arabic

2 entries
  • لغلوغة noun (appendage that hangs from the palate)
  • لَهَاة noun (appendage that hangs from the palate)

Armenian

1 entries
  • լեզվակ noun (appendage that hangs from the palate)

Assamese

1 entries
  • আলজিভা noun (appendage that hangs from the palate)

Asturian

1 entries
  • campanín noun (appendage that hangs from the palate)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • dilçək noun (appendage that hangs from the palate)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • язычо́к noun (appendage that hangs from the palate)

Breton

2 entries
  • hogedenn noun (appendage that hangs from the palate)
  • hugenn noun (appendage that hangs from the palate)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • мъже́ц noun (appendage that hangs from the palate)

Catalan

4 entries
  • garganxó noun (appendage that hangs from the palate)
  • llengüeta noun (appendage that hangs from the palate)
  • neulella noun (appendage that hangs from the palate)
  • úvula noun (appendage that hangs from the palate)

Central Melanau

1 entries
  • aneak tengad noun (appendage that hangs from the palate)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 小舌 noun (appendage that hangs from the palate)
  • 懸雍垂 noun (appendage that hangs from the palate)

Czech

1 entries
  • čípek noun (appendage that hangs from the palate)

Danish

1 entries
  • drøbel noun (appendage that hangs from the palate)

Dutch

1 entries
  • huig noun (appendage that hangs from the palate)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • uvulo noun (appendage that hangs from the palate)

Estonian

1 entries
  • kurgunibu noun (appendage that hangs from the palate)

Faroese

2 entries
  • úlvsur noun (appendage that hangs from the palate)
  • úlvur noun (appendage that hangs from the palate)

Finnish

1 entries
  • kitakieleke noun (appendage that hangs from the palate)

French

3 entries
  • luette noun (appendage that hangs from the palate)
  • uvula noun (appendage that hangs from the palate)
  • uvule noun (appendage that hangs from the palate)

Galician

4 entries
  • campaíña noun (appendage that hangs from the palate)
  • galillo noun (appendage that hangs from the palate)
  • galiño noun (appendage that hangs from the palate)
  • pingallón noun (appendage that hangs from the palate)

Georgian

3 entries
  • ენის კლიტე noun (appendage that hangs from the palate)
  • ნაქი noun (appendage that hangs from the palate)
  • სასის ნაქი noun (appendage that hangs from the palate)

German

2 entries
  • Gaumenzäpfchen noun (appendage that hangs from the palate)
  • Uvula noun (appendage that hangs from the palate)

Greek

1 entries
  • σταφυλή noun (appendage that hangs from the palate)

Gujarati

1 entries
  • પડજીભ noun (appendage that hangs from the palate)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • ענבל noun (appendage that hangs from the palate)

Hindi

1 entries
  • अलिजिह्वा noun (appendage that hangs from the palate)

Hungarian

3 entries
  • nyelvcsap noun (appendage that hangs from the palate)
  • uvula noun (appendage that hangs from the palate)
  • ínyvitorla noun (appendage that hangs from the palate)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • úfur noun (appendage that hangs from the palate)

Ido

1 entries
  • uvulo noun (appendage that hangs from the palate)

Indonesian

3 entries
  • anak lidah noun (appendage that hangs from the palate)
  • anak tekak noun (appendage that hangs from the palate)
  • uvula noun (appendage that hangs from the palate)

Iranun

1 entries
  • mananalu noun (appendage that hangs from the palate)

Irish

1 entries
  • sine siain noun (appendage that hangs from the palate)

Italian

1 entries
  • ugola noun (appendage that hangs from the palate)

Japanese

3 entries
  • のどちんこ noun (appendage that hangs from the palate)
  • 口蓋垂 noun (appendage that hangs from the palate)
  • 懸壅垂 noun (appendage that hangs from the palate)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • тілше noun (appendage that hangs from the palate)

Khmer

1 entries
  • កន្លើត noun (appendage that hangs from the palate)

Kimaragang

1 entries
  • langguk noun (appendage that hangs from the palate)

Korean

1 entries
  • 목젖 noun (appendage that hangs from the palate)

Lotud

2 entries
  • angguk-angguk noun (appendage that hangs from the palate)
  • landuk noun (appendage that hangs from the palate)

Lower Tanana

1 entries
  • yexdolwga' noun (appendage that hangs from the palate)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • у́вула noun (appendage that hangs from the palate)

Malay

3 entries
  • anak lidah noun (appendage that hangs from the palate)
  • anak tekak noun (appendage that hangs from the palate)
  • uvula noun (appendage that hangs from the palate)

Manchu

1 entries
  • ᡳᠯᠮᠠᡥᠠ noun (appendage that hangs from the palate)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • хүүхэн хэл noun (appendage that hangs from the palate)

Māori

2 entries
  • miramira noun (appendage that hangs from the palate)
  • toke noun (appendage that hangs from the palate)

Navajo

1 entries
  • adáziz noun (appendage that hangs from the palate)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries
  • zimanok noun (appendage that hangs from the palate)

Norwegian

1 entries
  • drøvel noun (appendage that hangs from the palate)

Occitan

3 entries
  • luseta noun (appendage that hangs from the palate)
  • uvula noun (appendage that hangs from the palate)
  • uèla noun (appendage that hangs from the palate)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries
  • دلجك noun (appendage that hangs from the palate)
  • كچوك دل noun (appendage that hangs from the palate)

Persian

2 entries
  • زبان کوچک noun (appendage that hangs from the palate)
  • ملازه noun (appendage that hangs from the palate)

Polish

1 entries
  • języczek noun (appendage that hangs from the palate)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • úvula noun (appendage that hangs from the palate)

Punjabi

1 entries
  • ਕਾਂ noun (appendage that hangs from the palate)

Romanian

2 entries
  • omușor noun (appendage that hangs from the palate)
  • uvulă noun (appendage that hangs from the palate)

Rungus

1 entries
  • llangguk noun (appendage that hangs from the palate)

Russian

4 entries
  • нёбная заве́са noun (appendage that hangs from the palate)
  • нёбный язычо́к noun (appendage that hangs from the palate)
  • у́вула noun (appendage that hangs from the palate)
  • язычо́к noun (appendage that hangs from the palate)

Saanich

1 entries
  • MELḰ noun (appendage that hangs from the palate)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • cìoch-shlugain noun (appendage that hangs from the palate)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • ȕvula noun (appendage that hangs from the palate)
  • увула noun (appendage that hangs from the palate)

Slovak

1 entries
  • čapík noun (appendage that hangs from the palate)

Slovene

1 entries
  • uvula noun (appendage that hangs from the palate)

Spanish

4 entries
  • campanilla noun (appendage that hangs from the palate)
  • galillo noun (appendage that hangs from the palate)
  • gallillo noun (appendage that hangs from the palate)
  • úvula noun (appendage that hangs from the palate)

Swahili

1 entries
  • kilimi noun (appendage that hangs from the palate)

Swedish

2 entries
  • gomspene noun (appendage that hangs from the palate)
  • tungspene noun (appendage that hangs from the palate)

Tagal Murut

1 entries
  • taruk tantalanan noun (appendage that hangs from the palate)

Tagalog

2 entries
  • kuntil noun (appendage that hangs from the palate)
  • tilao noun (appendage that hangs from the palate)

Tamil

3 entries
  • அண்ணாக்கு noun (appendage that hangs from the palate)
  • உண்ணாக்கு noun (appendage that hangs from the palate)
  • உள்நாக்கு noun (appendage that hangs from the palate)

Telugu

2 entries
  • కొండనాలుక noun (appendage that hangs from the palate)
  • చిరునాలుక noun (appendage that hangs from the palate)

Thai

1 entries
  • ลิ้นไก่ noun (appendage that hangs from the palate)

Timugon Murut

1 entries
  • taruk tantalanan noun (appendage that hangs from the palate)

Turkish

2 entries
  • dilcik noun (appendage that hangs from the palate)
  • küçük dil noun (appendage that hangs from the palate)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • язичо́к noun (appendage that hangs from the palate)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • كىچىك تىل noun (appendage that hangs from the palate)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • lưỡi gà noun (appendage that hangs from the palate)

Volapük

1 entries
  • lüät noun (appendage that hangs from the palate)

Welsh

2 entries
  • tafod bach noun (appendage that hangs from the palate)
  • tafodig noun (appendage that hangs from the palate)

West Coast Bajau

1 entries
  • pegad noun (appendage that hangs from the palate)

West-Frisian

1 entries
  • hûch noun (appendage that hangs from the palate)

Woiwurrung

1 entries
  • doo-mak noun (appendage that hangs from the palate)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • אוּוווּלע noun (appendage that hangs from the palate)

Zhuang

1 entries
  • linxgaeq noun (appendage that hangs from the palate)

Sample sentences

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Tatoeba + Wiktionary

If you sleep on your back it's easier for your upper airway to be obstructed because your tongue, uvula, etc. slip towards the back of your throat.

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