I had a feather stuck in my windpipe.
Source: tatoeba (9004088)
Windpipe
//ˈwɪndpaɪp//
Synonyms for "windpipe" (27 found)
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Closest matches (6)
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Related words (13)
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Translations
94 translations across 61 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- βρόγχος noun (trachea)
Arabic
3 entries- رُغَامَى noun (trachea)
- قصبة هوائية noun (trachea)
- قَصَبَة هَوَائِيَّة noun (trachea)
Armenian
1 entries- շնչափող noun (trachea)
Belarusian
2 entries- дыха́льнае го́рла noun (trachea)
- трахе́я noun (trachea)
Bengali
1 entries- হলকুম noun (trachea)
Bulgarian
2 entries- диха́телна тръба́ noun (trachea)
- трахе́я noun (trachea)
Catalan
1 entries- canya del pulmó noun (trachea)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 氣管 /气管 noun (trachea)
Czech
1 entries- průdušnice noun (trachea)
Danish
1 entries- luftrør noun (trachea)
Dutch
1 entries- luchtpijp noun (trachea)
Estonian
2 entries- hingetoru noun (trachea)
- trahhea noun (trachea)
Faroese
1 entries- barki noun (trachea)
Finnish
4 entries- henkitorvi noun (trachea)
- kanava noun (duct)
- putki noun (duct)
- torvi noun (duct)
French
1 entries- trachée noun (trachea)
Galician
3 entries- gorgoiro noun (trachea)
- gorgomil noun (trachea)
- tráquea noun (trachea)
German
2 entries- Luftröhre noun (trachea)
- Trachea noun (trachea)
Greek
1 entries- τραχεία noun (trachea)
Hindi
1 entries- श्वासनली noun (trachea)
Hungarian
1 entries- légcső noun (trachea)
Indonesian
1 entries- trakea noun (trachea)
Irish
1 entries- píobán garbh noun (trachea)
Italian
1 entries- trachea noun (trachea)
Japanese
1 entries- 気管 noun (trachea)
Kazakh
1 entries- кеңірдек noun (trachea)
Korean
3 entries- 기관 noun (trachea)
- 기도 noun (trachea)
- 숨통 noun (trachea)
Latgalian
1 entries- nareikle noun (trachea)
Latin
4 entries- aspera artēria noun (trachea)
- canna gutturis noun (trachea)
- canālis animae noun (trachea)
- fistula spiritālis noun (trachea)
Latvian
2 entries- elpvads noun (trachea)
- traheja noun (trachea)
Lithuanian
1 entries- trachėja noun (trachea)
Macedonian
2 entries- дишник noun (trachea)
- душник noun (trachea)
Malay
1 entries- trakea noun (trachea)
Māori
1 entries- pūkorokoro noun (trachea)
Navajo
1 entries- azooł noun (trachea)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- borrîhewa noun (trachea)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- luftrør noun (trachea)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- luftrøyr noun (trachea)
Old Norse
1 entries- barki noun (trachea)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- بوغاز noun (trachea)
Persian
1 entries- نای noun (trachea)
Plautdietsch
2 entries- Loftrua noun (trachea)
- Wintrua noun (trachea)
Polish
1 entries- tchawica noun (trachea)
Portuguese
1 entries- traqueia noun (trachea)
Romanian
1 entries- trahee noun (trachea)
Russian
2 entries- дыха́тельное го́рло noun (trachea)
- трахе́я noun (trachea)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- sgòrnan noun (trachea)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- dušnik noun (trachea)
- traheja noun (trachea)
- душник noun (trachea)
- трахеја noun (trachea)
Slovak
1 entries- priedušnica noun (trachea)
Slovene
1 entries- sapnik noun (trachea)
Spanish
1 entries- tráquea noun (trachea)
Swedish
1 entries- luftstrupe noun (trachea)
Tamil
4 entries- காற்றுக்குழல் noun (trachea)
- காற்றுக்குழாய் noun (trachea)
- மூச்சுக்குழல் noun (trachea)
- மூச்சுக்குழாய் noun (trachea)
Thai
1 entries- หลอดลม noun (trachea)
Tibetan
1 entries- གློ་དོང noun (trachea)
Tok Pisin
1 entries- mambu bilong nek noun (trachea)
Turkish
4 entries- nefes borusu noun (trachea)
- soluk borusu noun (trachea)
- trake noun (trachea)
- trakea noun (trachea)
Ukrainian
2 entries- диха́льне го́рло noun (trachea)
- трахе́я noun (trachea)
Vietnamese
2 entries- khí qun noun (trachea)
- khí quản noun (trachea)
Volapük
1 entries- bron noun (trachea)
Welsh
1 entries- corn gwddf noun (trachea)
Zazaki
1 entries- kırık noun (trachea)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
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)
A grape went down my windpipe.
Source: tatoeba (10322438)
If you talk while eating, food may go down your windpipe instead of your esophagus.
Source: tatoeba (10763421)
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