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bronchitis

noun · 3 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.

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /bɹɒŋˈkaɪtɪs/
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  • CMU ARPABET: B R AA0 NG K AY1 T AH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

An inflammation of the bronchi of the lungs, that causes the cilia of the bronchial epithelial cells to stop functioning.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

An occurrence of, a case (patient) of, or a type of bronchitis.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

inflammation of the membranes lining the bronchial tubes

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: respiratory disease, respiratory illness, respiratory disorder

Narrower terms: bronchiolitis, chronic bronchitis

History

Etymology

From Late Latin bronchus, from Ancient Greek βρόγχος (brónkhos, “windpipe”) + -itis.

Across languages

Translations

55 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: bronkit — inflammation of the lungs
  • Albanian: shpirrë — inflammation of the lungs
  • Bulgarian: бронхи́т (bronhít) — inflammation of the lungs
  • Catalan: bronquitis — inflammation of the lungs
  • Chinese Mandarin: 支氣管炎 /支气管炎 (zhīqìguǎnyán) — inflammation of the lungs
  • Cornish: bronkitis — inflammation of the lungs
  • Cornish: losk an vriansen — inflammation of the lungs
  • Czech: zánět průdušek — inflammation of the lungs
  • Czech: bronchitida — inflammation of the lungs
  • Danish: bronkitis — inflammation of the lungs
  • Dutch: bronchitis — inflammation of the lungs
  • Esperanto: bronkito — inflammation of the lungs
  • Estonian: kopsukatarr — inflammation of the lungs
  • Estonian: bronhiit — inflammation of the lungs
  • Finnish: keuhkoputkentulehdus — inflammation of the lungs
  • Finnish: keuhkokatarri — inflammation of the lungs
  • French: bronchite — inflammation of the lungs
  • Galician: bronquite — inflammation of the lungs
  • Georgian: ბრონქიტი (bronkiṭi) — inflammation of the lungs
  • German: Bronchitis — inflammation of the lungs
  • Greek: βρογχίτις (vronchítis) — inflammation of the lungs
  • Greek: βρογχίτιδα (vronchítida) — inflammation of the lungs
  • Greenlandic: bronkitisi — inflammation of the lungs
  • Hebrew: ברונכיטיס (bronkhit'is) — inflammation of the lungs
  • Hungarian: hörgőgyulladás — inflammation of the lungs
  • Hungarian: hörghurut — inflammation of the lungs
  • Indonesian: bronkitis — inflammation of the lungs
  • Irish: broincíteas — inflammation of the lungs
  • Italian: bronchite — inflammation of the lungs
  • Japanese: 気管支炎 (kikanshien) — inflammation of the lungs
  • Kazakh: бронх қабынуы (bronx qabynuy) — inflammation of the lungs
  • Kazakh: бронхит (bronxit) — inflammation of the lungs
  • Korean: 기관지염 (gigwanjiyeom) — inflammation of the lungs
  • Māori: mate wharowharo — inflammation of the lungs
  • Māori: mare wharowharo — inflammation of the lungs
  • Māori: mate mare wharowharo — inflammation of the lungs
  • Māori: mate arahau — inflammation of the lungs
  • Māori: pekahau kakā — inflammation of the lungs
  • Norwegian Bokmål: bronkitt — inflammation of the lungs
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: bronkitt — inflammation of the lungs
  • Occitan: bronquiti — inflammation of the lungs
  • Persian: برونشیت (boronšit) — inflammation of the lungs
  • Polish: zapalenie oskrzeli — inflammation of the lungs
  • Portuguese: bronquite — inflammation of the lungs
  • Punjabi: ਸਾਹ ਨਾਲ਼ੀ ਦੀ ਸੋਜ (sāh nāḷī dī soj) — inflammation of the lungs
  • Romanian: bronșită — inflammation of the lungs
  • Russian: бронхи́т (bronxít) — inflammation of the lungs
  • Spanish: bronquitis — inflammation of the lungs
  • Swedish: bronkit — inflammation of the lungs
  • Swedish: luftrörskatarr — inflammation of the lungs
  • Tagalog: magansangambaga — inflammation of the lungs
  • Thai: หลอดลมอักเสบ (lɔ̀ɔt-lom-àk-sèep) — inflammation of the lungs
  • Turkish: bronşit — inflammation of the lungs
  • Ukrainian: бронхі́т (bronxít) — inflammation of the lungs
  • Vietnamese: viêm phế quản — inflammation of the lungs