Standard Lemma guide

bronchiole

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈbɹɒŋ.kiˌəʊl/
  • General-American: /ˈbɹɑŋ.kiˌoʊl/
  • rhymes with -ɒŋkioʊl

1

noun

Meaning 1

Any of the small cartilage-less branches of a bronchus.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bronchiolus

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

any of the smallest bronchial ducts; ending in alveoli

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: duct, epithelial duct, canal, channel

History

Etymology

From bronchial + -ole.

Across languages

Translations

20 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: bronquíol — small branch of a bronchus
  • Chinese Cantonese: 細支氣管 /细支气管 — small branch of a bronchus
  • Chinese Mandarin: 細支氣管 /细支气管 (xìzhīqìguǎn) — small branch of a bronchus
  • Chinese Mandarin: 毛細支氣管 /毛细支气管 (máoxì zhīqìguǎn) — small branch of a bronchus
  • Czech: průdušinka — small branch of a bronchus
  • Finnish: ilmatiehyt — small branch of a bronchus
  • French: bronchiole — small branch of a bronchus
  • Greek: βρογχιόλιο (vronchiólio) — small branch of a bronchus
  • Indonesian: bronkiolus — small branch of a bronchus
  • Irish: broincín — small branch of a bronchus
  • Kazakh: ауатамырлық тармақша (auatamyrlyq tarmaqşa) — small branch of a bronchus
  • Kazakh: ауатамырша (auatamyrşa) — small branch of a bronchus
  • Northern Kurdish: borrîkehewa — small branch of a bronchus
  • Māori: pekahau ririki — small branch of a bronchus
  • Persian: نایژک — small branch of a bronchus
  • Polish: oskrzelik — small branch of a bronchus
  • Portuguese: bronquíolo — small branch of a bronchus
  • Russian: бронхиола (bronxiola) — small branch of a bronchus
  • Spanish: bronquiolo — small branch of a bronchus
  • Vietnamese: tiểu phế quản — small branch of a bronchus