Standard Lemma guide

bronchus

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: /ˈbɹɒŋkəs/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˈbɹɑŋkəs/
  • rhymes with (Received Pronunciation) -ɒŋkəs
  • rhymes with (General American) -ɑŋkəs

1

noun

Meaning 1

Either of two airways, which are primary branches of the trachea, leading directly into the lungs.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

either of the two main branches of the trachea

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bronchial tube

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: cartilaginous tube

History

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin bronchus, from Ancient Greek βρόγχος (brónkhos, “trachea, throat”).

Across languages

Translations

40 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: القَصَبَة الهَوَائِيَّة — Either or two branches of the trachea
  • Catalan: bronqui — Either or two branches of the trachea
  • Chinese Mandarin: 支氣管 /支气管 (zhīqìguǎn) — Either or two branches of the trachea
  • Czech: průduška — Either or two branches of the trachea
  • Esperanto: bronko — Either or two branches of the trachea
  • Finnish: keuhkoputki — Either or two branches of the trachea
  • French: bronche — Either or two branches of the trachea
  • German: Bronchie — Either or two branches of the trachea
  • Greek: βρόγχος (vrónchos) — Either or two branches of the trachea
  • Gujarati: શ્વાસનલિકા (śvāsanlikā) — Either or two branches of the trachea
  • Hebrew: סִמְפוֹן (simfón) — Either or two branches of the trachea
  • Hebrew: סִמְפוֹנוֹת (simfonót) — Either or two branches of the trachea
  • Hungarian: hörgő — Either or two branches of the trachea
  • Icelandic: berkja — Either or two branches of the trachea
  • Ido: bronkio — Either or two branches of the trachea
  • Ingrian: bronha — Either or two branches of the trachea
  • Irish: píobán — Either or two branches of the trachea
  • Irish: píobán broinceach — Either or two branches of the trachea
  • Irish: broncas — Either or two branches of the trachea
  • Italian: bronco — Either or two branches of the trachea
  • Japanese: 気管支 (kikanshi) — Either or two branches of the trachea
  • Kazakh: ауатамыр (auatamyr) — Either or two branches of the trachea
  • Northern Kurdish: liqê borrihewa — Either or two branches of the trachea
  • Lower Tanana: -drayhdwga' tl'ula' — Either or two branches of the trachea
  • Māori: pekahau — Either or two branches of the trachea
  • Persian: نایژه (nāyže) — Either or two branches of the trachea
  • Polish: oskrzele — Either or two branches of the trachea
  • Polish: oskrzela — Either or two branches of the trachea
  • Portuguese: brônquio — Either or two branches of the trachea
  • Russian: бронх (bronx) — Either or two branches of the trachea
  • Serbo-Croatian: бронх — Either or two branches of the trachea
  • Serbo-Croatian: бронхија — Either or two branches of the trachea
  • Serbo-Croatian: bronh — Either or two branches of the trachea
  • Serbo-Croatian: bronhija — Either or two branches of the trachea
  • Spanish: bronquio — Either or two branches of the trachea
  • Swedish: bronk — Either or two branches of the trachea
  • Tagalog: sangambaga — Either or two branches of the trachea
  • Tagalog: brongkyo — Either or two branches of the trachea
  • Turkish: bronş — Either or two branches of the trachea
  • Volapük: bronatuig — Either or two branches of the trachea