oesophagus

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From Ancient Greek οἰσοφάγος (oisophágos), from οἴσω (oísō), future form of φέρω (phérō, “to carry”) + ἔφαγον (éphagon, “to eat”).

108 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: slukderm — the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach
• Albanian: ezofag — the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach
• Arabic: مَرِيء (marīʔ) — the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach
• Armenian: կերակրափող (kerakrapʻoġ) — the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach
• Asturian: esófagu — the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach
• Azerbaijani: qida borusu — the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach
• Bashkir: үңәс (üñəs) — the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach
• Basque: hestegorri — the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach
• Basque: iranoi — the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach
• Belarusian: страваво́д (stravavód) — the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach
• Bengali: গ্রাসনালী অন্ননালী (graśnali) — the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach
• Bengali: ওলকম (ōlokom) — the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach
• Breton: treizher — the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach
• Bulgarian: хранопрово́д (hranoprovód) — the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach
• Burmese: အစာပြွန် (a.ca-prwan) — the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach
• Catalan: esòfag — the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach
• Chinese Mandarin: 食道 (shídào) — the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach
• Chinese Mandarin: 食管 (shíguǎn) — the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach
• Czech: jícen — the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach
• Danish: spiserør — the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach
• Dutch: slokdarm — the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach
• Dutch: oesophagus — the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach
• Esperanto: ezofago — the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach
• Estonian: söögitoru — the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach
• Finnish: ruokatorvi — the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach
• French: œsophage — the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach
• Friulian: esofac — the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach
• Galician: esófago — the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach
• Georgian: საყლაპავი მილი (saq̇laṗavi mili) — the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach
• German: Speiseröhre — the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach
• German: Ösophagus — the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach
• Greek: οισοφάγος (oisofágos) — the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach
• Ancient Greek: οἰσοφάγος (oisophágos) — the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach
• Hebrew: וֵשֶׁט (véshet) — the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach
• Hindi: ग्रासनली (grāsanlī) — the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach
• Hindi: घेघा (gheghā) — the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach
• Hungarian: nyelőcső — the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach
• Icelandic: vélinda — the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach
• Ido: ezofago — the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach
• Indonesian: esofagus — the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach
• Ingrian: söökkikerus — the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach
• Ingrian: söömäkerus — the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach
• Irish: éasafagas — the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach
• Old Irish: díbechán — the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach
• Italian: esofago — the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach
• Japanese: 食道 (shokudō) — the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach
• Kazakh: өңеш (öñeş) — the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach
• Kazakh: өзек (özek) — the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach
• Khmer: បំពង់អាហារ (bɑmpŭəng ʼaahaa) — the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach
• Korean: 식도 (sikdo) — the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach
• Korean: 밥길 (bapgil) — the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach
• Korean: 식관 (sikgwan) — the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach
• Northern Kurdish: soriçik — the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach
• Kyrgyz: өңгөч (öŋgöc) — the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach
• Kyrgyz: кызыл өңгөч (kızıl öŋgöc) — the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach
• Ladino: ושט (ṿesheṭ) — the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach
• Lao: ຫລອດອາຫານ (lǭt ʼā hān) — the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach
• Latin: fistula cibālis — the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach
• Latin: oesophagus — the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach
• Latvian: barības vads — the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach
• Lithuanian: stemplė — the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach
• Macedonian: хранопро́вод (hranopróvod) — the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach
• Macedonian: хранопроводник (hranoprovodnik) — the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach
• Malay: esofagus — the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach
• Malayalam: അന്നനാളം (annanāḷaṁ) — the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach
• Māori: pūkai — the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach
• Mongolian: улаан хоолой (ulaan xooloj) — the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach
• Mongolian: ᠤᠯᠠᠭᠠᠨ ᠬᠣᠭᠤᠯᠠᠢ (ulaɣan koɣulai) — the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach
• Navajo: azágí — the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach
• Norwegian Bokmål: spiserør — the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach
• Norwegian Bokmål: øsofagus — the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach
• Norwegian Nynorsk: matrøyr — the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach
• Pashto: مرۍ (marᶕy) — the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach
• Persian: مری (meri) — the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach
• Polish: przełyk — the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach
• Brazilian Portuguese: esôfago — the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach
• European Portuguese: esófago — the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach
• Romanian: esofag — the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach
• Russian: пищево́д (piščevód) — the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach
• Scottish Gaelic: slugan — the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach
• Scottish Gaelic: sgòrnan — the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach
• Serbo-Croatian: гр̀кљан — the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach
• Serbo-Croatian: је̑дња̄к — the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach
• Serbo-Croatian: gr̀kljan — the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach
• Serbo-Croatian: jȇdnjāk — the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach
• Slovak: pažerák — the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach
• Slovene: požiralnik — the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach
• Spanish: esófago — the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach
• Swahili: umio wa chakula — the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach
• Swedish: matstrupe — the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach
• Tagalog: lalaugan — the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach
• Tagalog: esopago — the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach
• Tajik: сурхрӯда (surxrüda) — the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach
• Tarifit: tmijja — the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach
• Tatar: үңәч (üñäç) — the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach
• Thai: หลอดอาหาร (lɔ̀ɔt-aa-hǎan) — the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach
• Tok Pisin: mambu bilong nek — the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach
• Turkish: yemek borusu — the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach
• Turkish: yemak — the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach
• Ottoman Turkish: بوغاز (boğaz) — the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach
• Ukrainian: стравохі́д (stravoxíd) — the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach
• Uyghur: قىزىلئۆڭگەچ (qizil'önggech) — the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach
• Uzbek: qiziloʻngach — the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach
• Vietnamese: thực quản — the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach
• Volapük: söof — the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach
• Welsh: oesoffagws — the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach
• Welsh: sefnig — the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach
• Zhuang: saihoz — the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach