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The throat or esophagus.
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The cytopharynx of a ciliate, through which food is ingested.
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Topics: biology, cytology, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
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The space between the teeth of a saw blade.
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A channel for water.
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A preparatory cut or channel in excavations, of sufficient width for the passage of earth wagons.
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The wide space under the pommel of a saddle; the hollow over the withers of a saddled animal.
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To make grooves or indentations.
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the passage between the pharynx and the stomach
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: esophagus, oesophagus, gorge
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Broader terms: passage, passageway, muscular structure, musculature, muscle system
From Middle English golet, borrowed from Old French goulet, from Latin gula.
Across languages
Translations
90 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans :
slukderm
— the throat or esophagus
Albanian :
fyt
— the throat or esophagus
Albanian :
ezofag
— the throat or esophagus
Arabic :
مَرِيء
(marīʔ)
— the throat or esophagus
Armenian :
կերակրափող
(kerakrapʻoġ)
— the throat or esophagus
Azerbaijani :
qida borusu
— the throat or esophagus
Bashkir :
үңәс
(üñəs)
— the throat or esophagus
Belarusian :
страваво́д
(stravavód)
— the throat or esophagus
Bengali :
ওলকম
(ōlokom)
— the throat or esophagus
Bulgarian :
хранопрово́д
(hranoprovód)
— the throat or esophagus
Catalan :
esòfag
— the throat or esophagus
Chakma :
𑄚𑄧𑄢𑄧𑄣𑄩
(naralī)
— the throat or esophagus
Chinese Mandarin :
食道
(shídào)
— the throat or esophagus
Chinese Mandarin :
食管
(shíguǎn)
— the throat or esophagus
Czech :
jícen
— the throat or esophagus
Danish :
spiserør
— the throat or esophagus
Dutch :
slokdarm
— the throat or esophagus
Esperanto :
ezofago
— the throat or esophagus
Estonian :
söögitoru
— the throat or esophagus
Finnish :
kurkku
— the throat or esophagus
Finnish :
nielu
— the throat or esophagus
Finnish :
ruokatorvi
— the throat or esophagus
French :
œsophage
— the throat or esophagus
French :
gosier
— the throat or esophagus
West-Frisian :
weaze
— the throat or esophagus
Galician :
esófago
— the throat or esophagus
Galician :
gargueiro
— the throat or esophagus
Galician :
gorxa
— the throat or esophagus
Georgian :
საყლაპავი მილი
(saq̇laṗavi mili)
— the throat or esophagus
German :
Speiseröhre
— the throat or esophagus
Greek :
οισοφάγος
(oisofágos)
— the throat or esophagus
Ancient Greek :
οἰσοφάγος
(oisophágos)
— the throat or esophagus
Hebrew :
וֵשֶׁט
(véshet)
— the throat or esophagus
Hindi :
ग्रासनली
(grāsanlī)
— the throat or esophagus
Hindi :
घेघा
(gheghā)
— the throat or esophagus
Hungarian :
garat
— the throat or esophagus
Hungarian :
nyelőcső
— the throat or esophagus
Icelandic :
vélinda
— the throat or esophagus
Irish :
slogán
— the throat or esophagus
Italian :
esofago
— the throat or esophagus
Japanese :
食道
(shokudō)
— the throat or esophagus
Kazakh :
өңеш
(öñeş)
— the throat or esophagus
Kazakh :
өзек
(özek)
— the throat or esophagus
Korean :
식도
(sikdo)
— the throat or esophagus
Korean :
밥길
(bapgil)
— the throat or esophagus
Korean :
식관
(sikgwan)
— the throat or esophagus
Kyrgyz :
өңгөч
(öŋgöc)
— the throat or esophagus
Kyrgyz :
кызыл өңгөч
(kızıl öŋgöc)
— the throat or esophagus
Latin :
oesophagus
— the throat or esophagus
Latin :
gula
— the throat or esophagus
Latin :
gurgulio
— the throat or esophagus
Latin :
guttur
— the throat or esophagus
Latvian :
barības vads
— the throat or esophagus
Lithuanian :
stemplė
— the throat or esophagus
Macedonian :
хранопро́вод
(hranopróvod)
— the throat or esophagus
Macedonian :
гр́ло
(gŕlo)
— the throat or esophagus
Māori :
pūkai
— the throat or esophagus
Mongolian :
хоолой
(xooloj)
— the throat or esophagus
Mongolian :
багалзуур
(bagalzuur)
— the throat or esophagus
Navajo :
azágí
— the throat or esophagus
Norwegian Bokmål :
spiserør
— the throat or esophagus
Persian :
مری
(meri)
— the throat or esophagus
Polish :
przełyk
— the throat or esophagus
Portuguese :
goela
— the throat or esophagus
Romanian :
esofag
— the throat or esophagus
Russian :
пищево́д
(piščevód)
— the throat or esophagus
Scottish Gaelic :
slugan
— the throat or esophagus
Scottish Gaelic :
sgòrnan
— the throat or esophagus
Serbo-Croatian :
гр̀кљан
— the throat or esophagus
Serbo-Croatian :
је̑дња̄к
— the throat or esophagus
Serbo-Croatian :
gr̀kljan
— the throat or esophagus
Serbo-Croatian :
jȇdnjāk
— the throat or esophagus
Slovak :
pažerák
— the throat or esophagus
Slovene :
goltanec
— the throat or esophagus
Slovene :
požiralnik
— the throat or esophagus
Spanish :
esófago
— the throat or esophagus
Spanish :
gaznate
— the throat or esophagus
Spanish :
tragaderas
— the throat or esophagus
Sranan Tongo :
gorogoro
— the throat or esophagus
Swedish :
matstrupe
— the throat or esophagus
Tajik :
сурхрӯда
(surxrüda)
— the throat or esophagus
Tatar :
үңәч
(üñäç)
— the throat or esophagus
Tok Pisin :
mambu bilong nek
— the throat or esophagus
Turkish :
ümük
— the throat or esophagus
Ottoman Turkish :
بوغاز
(boğaz)
— the throat or esophagus
Ugaritic :
𐎎𐎅𐎎𐎗𐎚
(mhmrt)
— the throat or esophagus
Ukrainian :
стравохі́д
(stravoxíd)
— the throat or esophagus
Uyghur :
قىزىلئۆڭگەچ
(qizil'önggech)
— the throat or esophagus
Uzbek :
qiziloʻngach
— the throat or esophagus
Vietnamese :
thực quản
— the throat or esophagus