noun
Meaning 1
A funnel; a funnel-shaped opening.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Near-synonyms: infundibulum, pelvis, cornu
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: infundibulum, pelvis, cornu
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
choana
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.
-
General-American: /ˈkoʊ.ən.ə/
noun
Meaning 2
A pair of apertures towards the back of the nasal cavity, opening into the nasopharynx.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, biology, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences, zoology, zootomy
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: internal nostril, posterior naris, posterior nasal aperture
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Borrowing from New Latin choana, from Ancient Greek χοᾰ́νη (khoắnē, “funnel”), from χέω (khéō, “to pour”) + -ᾰ́νη (-ắnē, suffix for utensil names).
Across languages
Translations
12 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Basque: koana — Translations
- Esperanto: koano — Translations
- Esperanto: ĥoano — Translations
- Estonian: koaanid — Translations
- French: choane — Translations
- German: Choane — Translations
- Italian: coana — Translations
- Polish: nozdrza tylne — Translations
- Portuguese: coana — Translations
- Russian: хоаны (xoany) — Translations
- Spanish: coana — Translations
- Ottoman Turkish: قمع (kamʿ) — Translations