throat

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈθɹəʊt/
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• General-American: /ˈθɹoʊt/
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• rhymes with -əʊt
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From Middle English throte, from Old English þrote, þrota, þrotu (“throat”), from Proto-West Germanic *þrotu, from Proto-Germanic *þrutō (“throat”), from Proto-Indo-European *trud- (“to swell, become stiff”). Cognate with Dutch strot (“throat”), German Drossel (“throttle, gorge of game (wild animals)”), Faroese troti (“swelling”), Icelandic þroti (“swelling”), Norwegian trut (“mouth”), Swedish trut.

330 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Abkhaz: ахәламшәа (axwlamŝwa) — front part of the neck
• Afrikaans: keel — front part of the neck
• Akkadian: 𒍣 — front part of the neck
• Albanian: fyt — front part of the neck
• Albanian: grykë — front part of the neck
• Southern Altai: боос (boos) — front part of the neck
• Southern Altai: тамак (tamak) — front part of the neck
• Chungli Ao: terok — front part of the neck
• Arabic: حَلْق (ḥalq) — front part of the neck
• Arabic: حُلْقُوم (ḥulqūm) — front part of the neck
• Chadian Arabic: حلقوم (halgūm) — front part of the neck
• Arabic: زور (zōr) — front part of the neck
• Arabic: حلق (ḥalʔ) — front part of the neck
• Arabic: حنجرة (ḥangara) — front part of the neck
• Arabic: حَلْق (ḥalg) — front part of the neck
• Arabic: زور (zōr) — front part of the neck
• Iraqi Arabic: زردوم (zardūm) — front part of the neck
• Arabic: حلق (ḥalʔ) — front part of the neck
• Armenian: կոկորդ (kokord) — front part of the neck
• Eastern Arrernte: ahentye — front part of the neck
• Assamese: গল (gol) — front part of the neck
• Asturian: gargüelu — front part of the neck
• Azerbaijani: boğaz — front part of the neck
• Bashkir: тамаҡ (tamaq) — front part of the neck
• Belarusian: го́рла (hórla) — front part of the neck
• Bengali: গলা (gola) — front part of the neck
• Bengali: ওলকম (ōlokom) — front part of the neck
• Bengali: হলকুম (holokum) — front part of the neck
• Bhojpuri: गला (galā) — front part of the neck
• Biatah Bidayuh: gunggong — front part of the neck
• Central Bikol: halunan — front part of the neck
• Binukid: bakeleng — front part of the neck
• Bulgarian: ши́я (šíja) — front part of the neck
• Bulgarian: гу́ша (gúša) — front part of the neck
• Burmese: လည်ချောင်း (lanyhkyaung:) — front part of the neck
• Catalan: gola — front part of the neck
• Cebuano: tutunlan — front part of the neck
• Chamicuro: nu'pijkaplejcha — front part of the neck
• Cherokee: ᎠᏴᏤᏂ (ayvtseni) — front part of the neck
• Chinese Mandarin: 嗓子 (sǎngzi) — front part of the neck
• Chinese Mandarin: 喉嚨 /喉咙 (hóulóng) — front part of the neck
• Chuvash: пыр (pyr) — front part of the neck
• Czech: hrdlo — front part of the neck
• Dalmatian: gaula — front part of the neck
• Danish: hals — front part of the neck
• Dutch: keel — front part of the neck
• Esperanto: gorĝo — front part of the neck
• Estonian: kurk — front part of the neck
• Even: билга (ʙilga) — front part of the neck
• Evenki: моңон — front part of the neck
• Faroese: hálsur — front part of the neck
• Finnish: kurkku — front part of the neck
• French: gorge — front part of the neck
• West-Frisian: kiel — front part of the neck
• West-Frisian: strôt — front part of the neck
• Friulian: gole — front part of the neck
• Galician: garganta — front part of the neck
• Galician: gorxa — front part of the neck
• Georgian: ყელი (q̇eli) — front part of the neck
• German: Kehle — front part of the neck
• German: Chrache — front part of the neck
• Greek: λαιμός (laimós) — front part of the neck
• Ancient Greek: φάρυγξ (phárunx) — front part of the neck
• Hawaiian: puʻu — front part of the neck
• Hawaiian: puʻumoni — front part of the neck
• Hawaiian: puʻumoniʻai — front part of the neck
• Hawaiian: kaniʻāʻī — front part of the neck
• Hawaiian: puanaʻī — front part of the neck
• Hebrew: גָּרוֹן (garon) — front part of the neck
• Hindi: गला (galā) — front part of the neck
• White Hmong: caj pas — front part of the neck
• White Hmong: qhov qa — front part of the neck
• Hungarian: torok — front part of the neck
• Icelandic: háls — front part of the neck
• Ilocano: karabukob — front part of the neck
• Indonesian: tenggorok — front part of the neck
• Indonesian: tekak — front part of the neck
• Irish: scornach — front part of the neck
• Istro-Romanian: bericåtĕ — front part of the neck
• Italian: gola — front part of the neck
• Ivatan: tetehnan — front part of the neck
• Japanese: 喉 (nodo) — front part of the neck
• Jeju: 모감지 (mogamji) — front part of the neck
• Kannada: ಗೋಣು (gōṇu) — front part of the neck
• Kazakh: тамақ (tamaq) — front part of the neck
• Khmer: បំពង់ក (bɑmpŭəng kɑɑ) — front part of the neck
• Korean: 멱 (myeok) — front part of the neck
• Korean: 멱살 (myeoksal) — front part of the neck
• Kumyk: тамакъ (tamaq) — front part of the neck
• Central Kurdish: قورگ (qurg) — front part of the neck
• Central Kurdish: گەروو (gerû) — front part of the neck
• Central Kurdish: گەلوو (gelû) — front part of the neck
• Northern Kurdish: gewrî — front part of the neck
• Northern Kurdish: hefik — front part of the neck
• Northern Kurdish: qirik — front part of the neck
• Kyrgyz: тамак (tamak) — front part of the neck
• Kyrgyz: богуз (boguz) — front part of the neck
• Kyrgyz: булуң (buluŋ) — front part of the neck
• Lao: ລໍາຄໍ (lam khǭ) — front part of the neck
• Latgalian: reikle — front part of the neck
• Latgalian: gerkle — front part of the neck
• Latin: guttur — front part of the neck
• Latin: gula — front part of the neck
• Latvian: rīkle — front part of the neck
• Lithuanian: gerklė — front part of the neck
• Macedonian: грло (grlo) — front part of the neck
• Malagasy: tenda — front part of the neck
• Malay: tekak — front part of the neck
• Malay: kerongkong — front part of the neck
• Malayalam: തൊണ്ട (toṇṭa) — front part of the neck
• Maltese: gerżuma — front part of the neck
• Manchu: ᠪᡳᠯᡥᠠ (bilha) — front part of the neck
• Marathi: घसा (ghasā) — front part of the neck
• Marathi: गळा (gaḷā) — front part of the neck
• Marathi: कंठ (kaṇṭha) — front part of the neck
• Marathi: नरडे (narḍe) — front part of the neck
• Mauritian Creole: lagorz — front part of the neck
• Mongolian: хоолой (xooloj) — front part of the neck
• Nanai: билга (bilga) — front part of the neck
• Navajo: ayaayááh — front part of the neck
• Neapolitan: cannarone — front part of the neck
• Nepali: घाँटी (ghā̃ṭī) — front part of the neck
• Norman: gorge — front part of the neck
• Norwegian Bokmål: hals — front part of the neck
• Norwegian Bokmål: strupe — front part of the neck
• Norwegian Nynorsk: hals — front part of the neck
• Norwegian Nynorsk: strupe — front part of the neck
• Occitan: gargamèla — front part of the neck
• Occitan: garganta — front part of the neck
• Okinawan: 喉 (nūdī) — front part of the neck
• Church Slavic: гръло (grŭlo) — front part of the neck
• Old East Slavic: гърло (gŭrlo) — front part of the neck
• Old East Slavic: горло (gorlo) — front part of the neck
• Old English: þrote — front part of the neck
• Ossetian: хъуыр (qwyr) — front part of the neck
• Pannonian Rusyn: гарло (harlo) — front part of the neck
• Pashto: حلق (halq) — front part of the neck
• Pashto: رغندى (rǧə́nday) — front part of the neck
• Dari: گُلُو (gulū) — front part of the neck
• Dari: گُلو (gulō) — front part of the neck
• Dari: گُلُون (gulūn) — front part of the neck
• Iranian Persian: گَلو (galu) — front part of the neck
• Polish: gardło — front part of the neck
• Portuguese: garganta — front part of the neck
• Punjabi: ਸੰਘ (saṅgh) — front part of the neck
• Quechua: kunka — front part of the neck
• Rapa Nui: ŋuruhara — front part of the neck
• Romagnol: gôla — front part of the neck
• Romanian: gât — front part of the neck
• Russian: го́рло (górlo) — front part of the neck
• Russian: гло́тка (glótka) — front part of the neck
• Saaroa: tarunga — front part of the neck
• Sanskrit: गल (gala) — front part of the neck
• Scottish Gaelic: sgòrnan — front part of the neck
• Serbo-Croatian: гр̏ло — front part of the neck
• Serbo-Croatian: гр̏к — front part of the neck
• Serbo-Croatian: гр̀кљан — front part of the neck
• Serbo-Croatian: гу̏ша — front part of the neck
• Serbo-Croatian: gȑlo — front part of the neck
• Serbo-Croatian: gȑk — front part of the neck
• Serbo-Croatian: gr̀kljan — front part of the neck
• Serbo-Croatian: gȕša — front part of the neck
• Sicilian: ula — front part of the neck
• Sicilian: cannarozzu — front part of the neck
• Slovak: hrdlo — front part of the neck
• Slovene: grlo — front part of the neck
• Lower Sorbian: gjardło — front part of the neck
• Upper Sorbian: hordło — front part of the neck
• Spanish: garganta — front part of the neck
• Spanish: gorja — front part of the neck
• Sudovian: gurkle — front part of the neck
• Swazi: umphimbo — front part of the neck
• Swedish: hals — front part of the neck
• Swedish: strupe — front part of the neck
• Tagalog: lalamunan — front part of the neck
• Tajik: гулӯ (gulü) — front part of the neck
• Tamil: தொண்டை (toṇṭai) — front part of the neck
• Tarifit: tmijja — front part of the neck
• Tatar: бугаз (buğaz) — front part of the neck
• Telugu: గొంతు (gontu) — front part of the neck
• Thai: ลําคอ (lam-kɔɔ) — front part of the neck
• Tibetan: སྐེ (ske) — front part of the neck
• Tibetan: སྐེ་མདུན (ske mdun) — front part of the neck
• Tibetan: མགུལ (mgul) — front part of the neck
• Tocharian B: kor — front part of the neck
• Tocharian B: ṣankw — front part of the neck
• Tonga (Zambia): amoyo — front part of the neck
• Turkish: boğaz — front part of the neck
• Ottoman Turkish: بوغاز (boğaz) — front part of the neck
• Turkmen: bogaz — front part of the neck
• Turkmen: damak — front part of the neck
• Turkmen: bokurdak — front part of the neck
• Turkmen: bokyrdak — front part of the neck
• Tuvan: боостаа (boostaa) — front part of the neck
• Ukrainian: го́рло (hórlo) — front part of the neck
• Unami: kwëntakàn — front part of the neck
• Urdu: گَلا (galā) — front part of the neck
• Urdu: گُلُو (gulū) — front part of the neck
• Urdu: حَلْق (halq) — front part of the neck
• Uyghur: تاماق (tamaq) — front part of the neck
• Uzbek: tomoq — front part of the neck
• Uzbek: halqum — front part of the neck
• Uzbek: boʻgʻiz — front part of the neck
• Uzbek: boʻgʻoz — front part of the neck
• Venetan: goła — front part of the neck
• Venetan: gola — front part of the neck
• Vietnamese: cuống họng — front part of the neck
• Vietnamese: họng — front part of the neck
• Vilamovian: gügl — front part of the neck
• Volapük: gug — front part of the neck
• Welsh: gwddf — front part of the neck
• Wiradjuri: gaddai — front part of the neck
• Wiradjuri: gadhaay — front part of the neck
• Woiwurrung: gurn — front part of the neck
• Yakut: күөмэй (küömey) — front part of the neck
• Yoruba: ọ̀fun — front part of the neck
• Yoruba: ọ̀nà-ọ̀fun — front part of the neck
• Zazaki: qır — front part of the neck
• Zhuang: lajhoz — front part of the neck
• Zulu: umphimbo — front part of the neck
• Chungli Ao: terok — gullet or windpipe
• Armenian: կոկորդ (kokord) — gullet or windpipe
• Aymara: mallq'a — gullet or windpipe
• Bengali: ওলকম (ōlokom) — gullet or windpipe
• Central Bikol: halunan — gullet or windpipe
• Bulgarian: гъ́рло (gǎ́rlo) — gullet or windpipe
• Bulgarian: гръкля́н (grǎklján) — gullet or windpipe
• Catalan: gola — gullet or windpipe
• Chinese Cantonese: 喉嚨 /喉咙 — gullet or windpipe
• Chinese: 嚨喉 /咙喉 (zh-min-nan) — gullet or windpipe
• Chinese Mandarin: 喉嚨 /喉咙 (hóulóng) — gullet or windpipe
• Czech: hrdlo — gullet or windpipe
• Czech: krk — gullet or windpipe
• Danish: svælg — gullet or windpipe
• Danish: hals — gullet or windpipe
• Dutch: keel — gullet or windpipe
• Egyptian: H-t-i-i-t-F10-F51 (ḥtyt) — gullet or windpipe
• Estonian: kõri — gullet or windpipe
• Finnish: kurkku — gullet or windpipe
• West-Frisian: kiel — gullet or windpipe
• West-Frisian: strôt — gullet or windpipe
• Galician: garganta — gullet or windpipe
• Galician: gorxa — gullet or windpipe
• German: Kehle — gullet or windpipe
• German: Rachen — gullet or windpipe
• Greek: τραχεία (tracheía) — gullet or windpipe
• Greek: λαιμός (laimós) — gullet or windpipe
• Ancient Greek: λαιμός (laimós) — gullet or windpipe
• White Hmong: hlab pas — gullet or windpipe
• White Hmong: qa — gullet or windpipe
• Japanese: 喉 (nodo) — gullet or windpipe
• Khmer: បំពង់កក្នុង (bâmpôngkâknŏng) — gullet or windpipe
• Khmer: គ្រសនី (krɔɔhnii) — gullet or windpipe
• Korean: 목구멍 (mokgumeong) — gullet or windpipe
• Latin: guttur — gullet or windpipe
• Latin: gula — gullet or windpipe
• Mapudungun: pel· — gullet or windpipe
• Navajo: adáyiʼ — gullet or windpipe
• Norwegian Bokmål: hals — gullet or windpipe
• Norwegian Bokmål: svelg — gullet or windpipe
• Norwegian Bokmål: strupe — gullet or windpipe
• Norwegian Nynorsk: hals — gullet or windpipe
• Norwegian Nynorsk: svelg — gullet or windpipe
• Norwegian Nynorsk: strupe — gullet or windpipe
• Ojibwe: ingondashkway — gullet or windpipe
• Old English: wāsend — gullet or windpipe
• Pannonian Rusyn: гарло (harlo) — gullet or windpipe
• Dari: گُلُو (gulū) — gullet or windpipe
• Dari: گُلو (gulō) — gullet or windpipe
• Dari: گُلُون (gulūn) — gullet or windpipe
• Iranian Persian: گَلو (galu) — gullet or windpipe
• Portuguese: garganta — gullet or windpipe
• Quechua: tunqori — gullet or windpipe
• Quechua: tuncuri — gullet or windpipe
• Romanian: gât — gullet or windpipe
• Russian: го́рло (górlo) — gullet or windpipe
• Sanskrit: कण्ठ (kaṇṭha) — gullet or windpipe
• Scottish Gaelic: sgòrnan — gullet or windpipe
• Serbo-Croatian: гр̏ло — gullet or windpipe
• Serbo-Croatian: гу̏ша — gullet or windpipe
• Serbo-Croatian: ду̀шнӣк — gullet or windpipe
• Serbo-Croatian: gȑlo — gullet or windpipe
• Serbo-Croatian: gȕša — gullet or windpipe
• Serbo-Croatian: dùšnīk — gullet or windpipe
• Sikkimese: སྐོསམ (skosm) — gullet or windpipe
• Lower Sorbian: gjardło — gullet or windpipe
• Spanish: tráquea — gullet or windpipe
• Spanish: garganta — gullet or windpipe
• Spanish: gorja — gullet or windpipe
• Swahili: koo — gullet or windpipe
• Swedish: hals — gullet or windpipe
• Tarifit: tmijja — gullet or windpipe
• Telugu: గొంతు (gontu) — gullet or windpipe
• Tibetan: ལྐོག་མ (lkog ma) — gullet or windpipe
• Tibetan: མིད་པ — gullet or windpipe
• Tocharian B: kor — gullet or windpipe
• Tocharian B: ṣankw — gullet or windpipe
• Ottoman Turkish: بوغاز (boğaz) — gullet or windpipe
• Tuvan: боостаа (boostaa) — gullet or windpipe
• Unami: kwëntakàn — gullet or windpipe
• Zazaki: qırıq — gullet or windpipe
• Zhuang: conghhoz — gullet or windpipe
• Zhuang: hoz — gullet or windpipe
• Bulgarian: гърловина (gǎrlovina) — narrow opening in a vessel
• Danish: hals — narrow opening in a vessel
• Dutch: hals — narrow opening in a vessel
• Estonian: kael — narrow opening in a vessel
• Finnish: kaula — narrow opening in a vessel
• French: goulot — narrow opening in a vessel
• German: Hals — narrow opening in a vessel
• German: Flaschenhals — narrow opening in a vessel
• Irish: scóig — narrow opening in a vessel
• Korean: 목 (mok) — narrow opening in a vessel
• Latvian: kakliņš — narrow opening in a vessel
• Norwegian Bokmål: hals — narrow opening in a vessel
• Portuguese: gargalo — narrow opening in a vessel
• Romanian: gât — narrow opening in a vessel
• Russian: го́рло (górlo) — narrow opening in a vessel
• Russian: го́рлышко (górlyško) — narrow opening in a vessel
• Serbo-Croatian: гр̏ло — narrow opening in a vessel
• Serbo-Croatian: гр̀лӣћ — narrow opening in a vessel
• Serbo-Croatian: gȑlo — narrow opening in a vessel
• Serbo-Croatian: gr̀līć — narrow opening in a vessel
• Slovak: hrdlo — narrow opening in a vessel
• Spanish: cuello — narrow opening in a vessel
• Swedish: hals — narrow opening in a vessel
• Swedish: flaskhals — narrow opening in a vessel
• Ottoman Turkish: بوغاز (boğaz) — narrow opening in a vessel
• Irish: craos foirnéise — the part of a chimney between the gathering and the flue
• Irish: craos — the part of a chimney between the gathering and the flue