rhonchus
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin rhonchus (“snoring”), from Ancient Greek ῥόγχος (rhónkhos) (Caelius Aurelianus),[1] of imitative origin.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editrhonchus (plural rhonchi)
- (medicine) A dry rattling sound heard during breathing, due to deposits in the bronchial tubes.
- 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 699:
- “You have poisoned yourself again!” Humfried emitted an alarming rhonchus.
Derived terms
editTranslations
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References
edit- ^ Robert Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek, vol. II (Leiden: Brill, 2010), 1278.
Dutch
editPronunciation
editNoun
editrhonchus f (plural rhonchi, diminutive rhonchuske n)
Latin
editEtymology
editCoined by Roman physician and writer on medical topics Caelius Aurelianus: borrowed from Ancient Greek ῥόγχος (rhónkhos, “snoring, stertorous breathing”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈron.kʰus/, [ˈrɔŋkʰʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈron.kus/, [ˈrɔŋkus]
Noun
editrhonchus m (genitive rhonchī); second declension
- A snoring.
- (transferred sense) The croaking of a frog.
- (figurative) A sneering, sneer, jeer.
Inflection
editSecond-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | rhonchus | rhonchī |
Genitive | rhonchī | rhonchōrum |
Dative | rhonchō | rhonchīs |
Accusative | rhonchum | rhonchōs |
Ablative | rhonchō | rhonchīs |
Vocative | rhonche | rhonchī |
Descendants
editReferences
edit- “rhonchus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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