Dictionary

bronchus en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈbɹɒŋkəs/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈbɹɑŋkəs/ (General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin bronchus, from Ancient Greek βρόγχος (brónkhos, “trachea, throat”).

Meanings

1. Either of two airways, which are primary branches of the trachea, leading directly into the lungs.
   • I've watched the summer evenings pass by / I've heard the rattle in my bronchi. 1993, “Afternoons & Coffeespoons”, in Brad Roberts (music), God Shuffled His Feet, performed by Crash Test Dummies:

Forms

Deriveds

bronchiole · broncho- · dorsobronchus · bronchitis · bronchoid · bronchial · ventrobronchus · parabronchus · bronchial tree

Relateds

bronchium

Synonyms

bronchial tube

Translations (39)

fr bronche (Either or two branches of the trachea) · tr bronş (Either or two branches of the trachea) · he סִמְפוֹן (Either or two branches of the trachea) · de Bronchie (Either or two branches of the trachea) · sh bronh (Either or two branches of the trachea) · gu શ્વાસનલિકા (Either or two branches of the trachea) · sh bronhija (Either or two branches of the trachea) · vo bronatuig (Either or two branches of the trachea) · eo bronko (Either or two branches of the trachea) · ru бронх (Either or two branches of the trachea) · cs průduška (Either or two branches of the trachea) · ga píobán (Either or two branches of the trachea) · sh бронхија (Either or two branches of the trachea) · es bronquio (Either or two branches of the trachea) · sv bronk (Either or two branches of the trachea) · io bronkio (Either or two branches of the trachea) · ar القَصَبَة الهَوَائِيَّة (Either or two branches of the trachea) · cmn 支氣管 /支气管 (Either or two branches of the trachea) · kk ауатамыр (Either or two branches of the trachea) · kmr liqê borrihewa (Either or two branches of the trachea) · mi pekahau (Either or two branches of the trachea) · fa نایژه (Either or two branches of the trachea) · ja 気管支 (Either or two branches of the trachea) · tl sangambaga (Either or two branches of the trachea) · tl brongkyo (Either or two branches of the trachea) · fi keuhkoputki (Either or two branches of the trachea) · it bronco (Either or two branches of the trachea) · izh bronha (Either or two branches of the trachea) · pl oskrzele (Either or two branches of the trachea) · hu hörgő (Either or two branches of the trachea) · ca bronqui (Either or two branches of the trachea) · sh бронх (Either or two branches of the trachea) · el βρόγχος (Either or two branches of the trachea) · ga píobán broinceach (Either or two branches of the trachea) · pt brônquio (Either or two branches of the trachea) · ga broncas (Either or two branches of the trachea) · he סִמְפוֹנוֹת (Either or two branches of the trachea) · is berkja (Either or two branches of the trachea) · taa -drayhdwga' tl'ula' (Either or two branches of the trachea)