trachea

From late Middle English, from Medieval Latin trāchēa (“the windpipe”) (also borrowed as Late Latin trāchīa), from Ancient Greek τρᾱχεῖᾰ (trākheîa, “jagged, rugged, rough”), ellipsis of τρᾱχεῖᾰ ᾰ̓ρτηρῐ́ᾱ (trākheîa artēríā, “rough artery”).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /tɹəˈkiː.ə/, /ˈtɹeɪ.ki.ə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈtɹeɪ.ki.ə/

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• Rhymes: -iːə, -eɪkiə

trachea (plural tracheae or (obsolete) tracheæ or tracheas)

1. (anatomy) A thin-walled, cartilaginous tube connecting the larynx to the bronchi.

   Synonym: windpipe

2. (botany, dated) The xylem vessel.

   Synonym: vessel

3. (entomology) One of the cuticle-lined primary tubes in the respiratory system of an insect, which extend throughout its body.

• tracheal
• trachean
• tracheary
• tracheo-, trache-

• tracheally
• tracheid
• tracheole

• esophagus
• gullet
• throat

• “trachea”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “trachea”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary

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From Latin trachia (“windpipe”), from Ancient Greek τραχεῖα (trakheîa, “windpipe”), feminine of τραχύς (trakhús, “rugged, rough”).

trachea f (plural trachee)

1. (anatomy) trachea, windpipe
2. (botany) trachea

• esofago
• gola

From Late Latin trachia (“windpipe”), from Ancient Greek τρᾱχεῖα (trākheîa, “jagged, rugged, rough”), ellipsis of τρᾱχεῖα ᾰ̓ρτηρῐ́ᾱ (trākheîa artēríā, “rough artery”).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /traːˈkʰeː.a/, [t̪räːˈkʰeːä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /traˈke.a/, [t̪räˈkɛːä]

trāchēa f (genitive trāchēae); first declension (Medieval Latin)

1. (anatomy) the windpipe, trachea

First-declension noun.

• Middle English:
  • English: trachea

trachea f (plural tracheas)

1. Obsolete form of traqueia.