noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/tɹəˈkiː.ə/
Received-Pronunciation:/ˈtɹeɪ.ki.ə/
General-American:/ˈtɹeɪ.ki.ə/
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rhymes with -iːə
rhymes with -eɪkiə
CMU ARPABET:T R EY1 K IY0 AH0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
A thin-walled, cartilaginous tube connecting the larynx to the bronchi.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: windpipe
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
The xylem vessel.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: vessel
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
One of the cuticle-lined primary tubes in the respiratory system of an insect, which extend throughout its body.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, entomology, natural-sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
membranous tube with cartilaginous rings that conveys inhaled air from the larynx to the bronchi
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: windpipe
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: cartilaginous tube
5
noun
Meaning 5
one of the tubules forming the respiratory system of most insects and many arachnids
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: tubule
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dhreh2gh- Proto-Indo-European *dhréh2gh-us Proto-Hellenic *thrākhús Ancient Greek τρᾱχεῖᾰ (trākheîă)bor. Late Latin trāchīa Medieval Latin trāchēader. Middle English English trachea From late Middle English, from Medieval Latin trāchēa (“the windpipe”) (also borrowed as Late Latin trāchīa), from Ancient Greek τρᾱχεῖᾰ ᾰ̓ρτηρῐ́ᾱ (trākheîă ărtērĭ́ā, “windpipe, trachea”).
Across languages
Translations
89 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
قَصَبَة هَوَائِيَّة
(qaṣaba hawāʔiyya)
— thin-walled, cartilaginous tube connecting the larynx to the bronchi
Armenian:
շնչափող
(šnčʻapʻoġ)
— thin-walled, cartilaginous tube connecting the larynx to the bronchi
Basque:
kontrako eztarri
— thin-walled, cartilaginous tube connecting the larynx to the bronchi
Basque:
trakea
— thin-walled, cartilaginous tube connecting the larynx to the bronchi
Basque:
zintzur-heste
— thin-walled, cartilaginous tube connecting the larynx to the bronchi
Bengali:
হলকুম
(holokum)
— thin-walled, cartilaginous tube connecting the larynx to the bronchi
Bulgarian:
трахея
(traheja)
— thin-walled, cartilaginous tube connecting the larynx to the bronchi
Catalan:
tràquea
— thin-walled, cartilaginous tube connecting the larynx to the bronchi
Chinese Cantonese:
氣管 /气管
(hei3 gun2)
— thin-walled, cartilaginous tube connecting the larynx to the bronchi
Chinese:
肺管
(zh-min-nan)
— thin-walled, cartilaginous tube connecting the larynx to the bronchi
Chinese Mandarin:
氣管 /气管
(qìguǎn)
— thin-walled, cartilaginous tube connecting the larynx to the bronchi
Czech:
průdušnice
— thin-walled, cartilaginous tube connecting the larynx to the bronchi
Danish:
luftrør
— thin-walled, cartilaginous tube connecting the larynx to the bronchi
Dutch:
trachee (de)
— thin-walled, cartilaginous tube connecting the larynx to the bronchi
Dutch:
trachea
— thin-walled, cartilaginous tube connecting the larynx to the bronchi
Dutch:
luchtpijp
— thin-walled, cartilaginous tube connecting the larynx to the bronchi
Esperanto:
traĥeo
— thin-walled, cartilaginous tube connecting the larynx to the bronchi
Finnish:
henkitorvi
— thin-walled, cartilaginous tube connecting the larynx to the bronchi
French:
trachée
— thin-walled, cartilaginous tube connecting the larynx to the bronchi
Galician:
tráquea
— thin-walled, cartilaginous tube connecting the larynx to the bronchi
Galician:
gorgoiro
— thin-walled, cartilaginous tube connecting the larynx to the bronchi
German:
Trachea
— thin-walled, cartilaginous tube connecting the larynx to the bronchi
German:
Luftröhre
— thin-walled, cartilaginous tube connecting the larynx to the bronchi
Greek:
τραχεία
(tracheía)
— thin-walled, cartilaginous tube connecting the larynx to the bronchi
Ancient Greek:
ἀρτηρία
(artēría)
— thin-walled, cartilaginous tube connecting the larynx to the bronchi
Ancient Greek:
τραχεῖα ἀρτηρία
(trakheîa artēría)
— thin-walled, cartilaginous tube connecting the larynx to the bronchi
Ancient Greek:
βρόγχος
(brónkhos)
— thin-walled, cartilaginous tube connecting the larynx to the bronchi
Greenlandic:
torluk
— thin-walled, cartilaginous tube connecting the larynx to the bronchi
Hungarian:
légcső
— thin-walled, cartilaginous tube connecting the larynx to the bronchi
Ingrian:
kulkkukerus
— thin-walled, cartilaginous tube connecting the larynx to the bronchi
Ingrian:
hookukerus
— thin-walled, cartilaginous tube connecting the larynx to the bronchi
Irish:
píobán garbh
— thin-walled, cartilaginous tube connecting the larynx to the bronchi
Irish:
traicé
— thin-walled, cartilaginous tube connecting the larynx to the bronchi
Irish:
píobán
— thin-walled, cartilaginous tube connecting the larynx to the bronchi
Irish:
aerchonair
— thin-walled, cartilaginous tube connecting the larynx to the bronchi
Italian:
trachea
— thin-walled, cartilaginous tube connecting the larynx to the bronchi
Japanese:
気管
(kikan)
— thin-walled, cartilaginous tube connecting the larynx to the bronchi
Kazakh:
кеңірдек
(keñırdek)
— thin-walled, cartilaginous tube connecting the larynx to the bronchi
Khmer:
បំពង់សួត
(bɑmpʊəŋ suǝt)
— thin-walled, cartilaginous tube connecting the larynx to the bronchi
Khmer:
បំពង់ខ្យល់
(bɑmpʊəŋ kyɑl)
— thin-walled, cartilaginous tube connecting the larynx to the bronchi
Korean:
숨통
(sumtong)
— thin-walled, cartilaginous tube connecting the larynx to the bronchi
Korean:
기도
(gido)
— thin-walled, cartilaginous tube connecting the larynx to the bronchi
Korean:
기관
(gigwan)
— thin-walled, cartilaginous tube connecting the larynx to the bronchi
Korean:
숨구멍
(sumgumeong)
— thin-walled, cartilaginous tube connecting the larynx to the bronchi
Northern Kurdish:
borîhewa
— thin-walled, cartilaginous tube connecting the larynx to the bronchi
Latin:
trachia
— thin-walled, cartilaginous tube connecting the larynx to the bronchi
Latvian:
elpvads
— thin-walled, cartilaginous tube connecting the larynx to the bronchi
Latvian:
traheja
— thin-walled, cartilaginous tube connecting the larynx to the bronchi
Lithuanian:
kvėplė
— thin-walled, cartilaginous tube connecting the larynx to the bronchi
Māori:
pūkorokoro
— thin-walled, cartilaginous tube connecting the larynx to the bronchi
Māori:
arahau
— thin-walled, cartilaginous tube connecting the larynx to the bronchi
Norwegian Bokmål:
luftrør
— thin-walled, cartilaginous tube connecting the larynx to the bronchi
Norwegian Bokmål:
vrangstrupe
— thin-walled, cartilaginous tube connecting the larynx to the bronchi
Norwegian Nynorsk:
luftrøyr
— thin-walled, cartilaginous tube connecting the larynx to the bronchi
Persian:
نای
(nāy)
— thin-walled, cartilaginous tube connecting the larynx to the bronchi
Plautdietsch:
Loftrua
— thin-walled, cartilaginous tube connecting the larynx to the bronchi
Plautdietsch:
Wintrua
— thin-walled, cartilaginous tube connecting the larynx to the bronchi
Polish:
tchawica
— thin-walled, cartilaginous tube connecting the larynx to the bronchi
Portuguese:
traqueia
— thin-walled, cartilaginous tube connecting the larynx to the bronchi
Punjabi:
ਸਾਹ ਨਾਲ਼ੀ
(sāh nāḷī)
— thin-walled, cartilaginous tube connecting the larynx to the bronchi
Russian:
трахе́я
(traxéja)
— thin-walled, cartilaginous tube connecting the larynx to the bronchi
Russian:
дыха́тельное го́рло
(dyxátelʹnoje górlo)
— thin-walled, cartilaginous tube connecting the larynx to the bronchi
Scottish Gaelic:
sgòrnan
— thin-walled, cartilaginous tube connecting the larynx to the bronchi
Serbo-Croatian:
ду̀шнӣк
— thin-walled, cartilaginous tube connecting the larynx to the bronchi
Serbo-Croatian:
трахе́ја
— thin-walled, cartilaginous tube connecting the larynx to the bronchi
Serbo-Croatian:
dùšnīk
— thin-walled, cartilaginous tube connecting the larynx to the bronchi
Serbo-Croatian:
trahéja
— thin-walled, cartilaginous tube connecting the larynx to the bronchi
Slovene:
sapnik
— thin-walled, cartilaginous tube connecting the larynx to the bronchi
Spanish:
tráquea
— thin-walled, cartilaginous tube connecting the larynx to the bronchi
Swedish:
luftstrupe
— thin-walled, cartilaginous tube connecting the larynx to the bronchi
Tagalog:
hihingahan
— thin-walled, cartilaginous tube connecting the larynx to the bronchi
Tamil:
மூச்சுக்குழல்
(mūccukkuḻal)
— thin-walled, cartilaginous tube connecting the larynx to the bronchi
Tamil:
மூச்சுக்குழாய்
(mūccukkuḻāy)
— thin-walled, cartilaginous tube connecting the larynx to the bronchi
Tamil:
காற்றுக்குழல்
(kāṟṟukkuḻal)
— thin-walled, cartilaginous tube connecting the larynx to the bronchi
Tamil:
காற்றுக்குழாய்
(kāṟṟukkuḻāy)
— thin-walled, cartilaginous tube connecting the larynx to the bronchi
Tewa:
huhuu
— thin-walled, cartilaginous tube connecting the larynx to the bronchi
Thai:
หลอดลม
(lɔ̀ɔt-lom)
— thin-walled, cartilaginous tube connecting the larynx to the bronchi
Thai:
ท่อลม
— thin-walled, cartilaginous tube connecting the larynx to the bronchi
Tibetan:
གློ་སྦུབས
(glo sbubs)
— thin-walled, cartilaginous tube connecting the larynx to the bronchi
Tok Pisin:
mambu bilong nek
— thin-walled, cartilaginous tube connecting the larynx to the bronchi
Turkish:
nefes borusu
— thin-walled, cartilaginous tube connecting the larynx to the bronchi
Turkish:
soluk borusu
— thin-walled, cartilaginous tube connecting the larynx to the bronchi
Turkish:
trake
— thin-walled, cartilaginous tube connecting the larynx to the bronchi
Ottoman Turkish:
بوغاز
(boğaz)
— thin-walled, cartilaginous tube connecting the larynx to the bronchi
Vietnamese:
khí quản
— thin-walled, cartilaginous tube connecting the larynx to the bronchi
Volapük:
bron
— thin-walled, cartilaginous tube connecting the larynx to the bronchi
Welsh:
pibell wynt
— thin-walled, cartilaginous tube connecting the larynx to the bronchi
Welsh:
breuant
— thin-walled, cartilaginous tube connecting the larynx to the bronchi
Welsh:
tracea
— thin-walled, cartilaginous tube connecting the larynx to the bronchi
