bronchus

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbɹɒŋkəs/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈbɹɑŋkəs/
Rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -ɒŋkəs, (General American) -ɑŋkəs

Noun

bronchus (plural bronchi)

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

Synonyms

bronchial tube

Derived terms

Related terms

bronchium

Translations

Either or two branches of the trachea

Arabic: القَصَبَة الهَوَائِيَّة (al-qaṣaba(t) al-hawāʔiyya)
Catalan: bronqui (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 支氣管／支气管 (zh) (zhīqìguǎn)
Czech: průduška (cs) f
Esperanto: bronko
Finnish: keuhkoputki (fi)
French: bronche (fr) f
German: Bronchie (de) f
Greek: βρόγχος (el) m (vrónchos)
Gujarati: શ્વાસનલિકા (śvāsanlikā)
Hebrew: סִמְפוֹן (he) m (simfón), סִמְפוֹנוֹת m pl (simfonót)
Hungarian: hörgő (hu)
Icelandic: berkja (is) f
Ido: bronkio (io)
Ingrian: bronha
Irish: píobán m, píobán broinceach m, broncas m
Italian: bronco (it) m
Japanese: 気管支 (ja) (きかんし, kikanshi)
Kazakh: ауатамыр (auatamyr)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: liqê borrihewa f
Maori: pekahau
Polish: oskrzele (pl) n, oskrzela pl
Portuguese: brônquio (pt) m
Russian: бронх (ru) m (bronx)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: бронх m, бронхија f

Latin: bronh (sh) m, bronhija f
Spanish: bronquio (es) m
Swedish: bronk (sv) c
Tagalog: sangambaga, brongkyo
Turkish: bronş (tr)
Volapük: bronatuig

Anagrams

subchron

Czech

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈbronxus]

Noun

bronchus m inan

bronchus
Synonym: průduška

Declension

Declension of bronchus (velar masculine inanimate foreign)

	singular	plural
nominative	bronchus	bronchy
genitive	bronchu	bronchů
dative	bronchu	bronchům
accusative	bronchus	bronchy
vocative	bronchu	bronchy
locative	bronchu	bronších
instrumental	bronchem	bronchy

Further reading

bronchus in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
bronchus in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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