Colloquial Variant guide

windpipe

noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈwɪndpaɪp/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

The trachea.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Any duct for air or other gas.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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3

noun

Meaning 3

A section of road or bridleway which has a reputation for having strong crosswinds or localized wind swirls.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: rare

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Synonyms: none provided

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4

noun

Meaning 4

The anus.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK, rare, slang

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5

noun

Meaning 5

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: trachea

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: cartilaginous tube

History

Etymology

From wind + pipe. First attested in the 1520s.

Across languages

Translations

95 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: رُغَامَى (ruḡāmā) — trachea
  • Arabic: قَصَبَة هَوَائِيَّة (qaṣaba hawāʔiyya) — trachea
  • Arabic: قصبة هوائية (ʔaṣaba hawāʔeya) — trachea
  • Armenian: շնչափող (šnčʻapʻoġ) — trachea
  • Belarusian: трахе́я (traxjéja) — trachea
  • Belarusian: дыха́льнае го́рла (dyxálʹnaje hórla) — trachea
  • Bengali: হলকুম (holokum) — trachea
  • Bulgarian: трахе́я (trahéja) — trachea
  • Bulgarian: диха́телна тръба́ (dihátelna trǎbá) — trachea
  • Catalan: canya del pulmó — trachea
  • Chinese Mandarin: 氣管 /气管 (qìguǎn) — trachea
  • Czech: průdušnice — trachea
  • Danish: luftrør — trachea
  • Dutch: luchtpijp — trachea
  • Estonian: hingetoru — trachea
  • Estonian: trahhea — trachea
  • Faroese: barki — trachea
  • Finnish: henkitorvi — trachea
  • French: trachée — trachea
  • Galician: tráquea — trachea
  • Galician: gorgoiro — trachea
  • Galician: gorgomil — trachea
  • German: Trachea — trachea
  • German: Luftröhre — trachea
  • Greek: τραχεία (tracheía) — trachea
  • Ancient Greek: βρόγχος (brónkhos) — trachea
  • Hindi: श्वासनली (śvāsnalī) — trachea
  • Hungarian: légcső — trachea
  • Indonesian: trakea — trachea
  • Irish: píobán garbh — trachea
  • Italian: trachea — trachea
  • Japanese: 気管 (kikan) — trachea
  • Kazakh: кеңірдек (keñırdek) — trachea
  • Korean: 숨통 (sumtong) — trachea
  • Korean: 기도 (gido) — trachea
  • Korean: 기관 (gigwan) — trachea
  • Northern Kurdish: borrîhewa — trachea
  • Latgalian: nareikle — trachea
  • Latin: aspera artēria — trachea
  • Latin: trachīa — trachea
  • Latin: fistula spiritālis — trachea
  • Latin: pulmōnis calamus — trachea
  • Latin: canālis animae — trachea
  • Latin: canna gutturis — trachea
  • Latvian: traheja — trachea
  • Latvian: elpvads — trachea
  • Lithuanian: trachėja — trachea
  • Macedonian: дишник (dišnik) — trachea
  • Macedonian: душник (dušnik) — trachea
  • Malay: trakea — trachea
  • Māori: pūkorokoro — trachea
  • Navajo: azooł — trachea
  • Norwegian Bokmål: luftrør — trachea
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: luftrøyr — trachea
  • Old Norse: barki — trachea
  • Persian: نای (nây) — trachea
  • Plautdietsch: Loftrua — trachea
  • Plautdietsch: Wintrua — trachea
  • Polish: tchawica — trachea
  • Portuguese: traqueia — trachea
  • Romanian: trahee — trachea
  • Russian: трахе́я (traxéja) — trachea
  • Russian: дыха́тельное го́рло (dyxátelʹnoje górlo) — trachea
  • Scottish Gaelic: sgòrnan — trachea
  • Serbo-Croatian: душник — trachea
  • Serbo-Croatian: трахеја — trachea
  • Serbo-Croatian: dušnik — trachea
  • Serbo-Croatian: traheja — trachea
  • Slovak: priedušnica — trachea
  • Slovene: sapnik — trachea
  • Spanish: vía respiratoria — trachea
  • Swedish: luftstrupe — trachea
  • Tamil: மூச்சுக்குழல் (mūccukkuḻal) — trachea
  • Tamil: மூச்சுக்குழாய் (mūccukkuḻāy) — trachea
  • Tamil: காற்றுக்குழல் (kāṟṟukkuḻal) — trachea
  • Tamil: காற்றுக்குழாய் (kāṟṟukkuḻāy) — trachea
  • Tewa: huhuu — trachea
  • Thai: หลอดลม (lòt lom) — trachea
  • Tibetan: གློ་དོང (glo dong) — trachea
  • Tok Pisin: mambu bilong nek — trachea
  • Turkish: nefes borusu — trachea
  • Turkish: trakea — trachea
  • Turkish: soluk borusu — trachea
  • Turkish: trake — trachea
  • Ottoman Turkish: بوغاز (boğaz) — trachea
  • Ukrainian: трахе́я (traxéja) — trachea
  • Ukrainian: диха́льне го́рло (dyxálʹne hórlo) — trachea
  • Vietnamese: khí qun — trachea
  • Vietnamese: khí quản — trachea
  • Volapük: bron — trachea
  • Welsh: corn gwddf — trachea
  • Zazaki: kırık — trachea
  • Finnish: torvi — duct
  • Finnish: kanava — duct
  • Finnish: putki — duct