pharynx
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowing from New Latin pharynx, from Ancient Greek φᾰ́ρῠγξ (phárunx, “throat”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈfa.ɹɪŋks/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈfɛɹ.ɪŋks/, /ˈfæɹ.ɪŋks/
- Rhymes: -æɹɪŋks, -ɛəɹɪŋks
Noun edit
pharynx (plural pharynges or pharynxes)
- (anatomy) The part of the alimentary canal and respiratory tract that extends from the back of the mouth and nasal cavity to the larynx and esophagus.
- Meronyms: nasopharynx, oropharynx, laryngopharynx, velopharynx, glossopharynx
- (zootomy) The part of the alimentary canal immediately behind the mouth in invertebrates that may be thickened and muscular, eversible and toothed, or adapted as a suctorial organ.
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Translations edit
part of the alimentary canal
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See also edit
References edit
- “pharynx”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “pharynx”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “pharynx”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- “pharynx”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “pharynx”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
pharynx m (uncountable)
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Further reading edit
- “pharynx”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Borrowing from Ancient Greek φᾰ́ρῠγξ (phárunx, “throat, gullet”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpʰa.rynks/, [ˈpʰärʏŋks̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈfa.rinks/, [ˈfäːriŋks]
Noun edit
pharynx f (genitive pharyngis); third declension (New Latin)
Inflection edit
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | pharynx | pharyngēs |
Genitive | pharyngis | pharyngum |
Dative | pharyngī | pharyngibus |
Accusative | pharyngem | pharyngēs |
Ablative | pharynge | pharyngibus |
Vocative | pharynx | pharyngēs |
Derived terms edit
- pharyngeus (adjective)
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Descendants edit
- → English: pharynx