trachea

From late Middle English, from Medieval Latin trāchēa (“the windpipe”) (also borrowed as Late Latin trāchīa), from Ancient Greek τρᾱχεῖᾰ ᾰ̓ρτηρῐ́ᾱ (trākheîă ărtērĭ́ā, “windpipe, trachea”).

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

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• Rhymes: -iːə, -eɪkiə
• Hyphenation: tra‧che‧a

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.

• “trachea”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “trachea”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

• Tarache, atreach

• IPA^(key): [ˈtraxɛa]

trachea f (relational adjective tracheální)

1. (anatomy) trachea

• “trachea”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “trachea”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “trachea”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

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

• IPA^(key): /traˈkɛ.a/
• Rhymes: -ɛa
• Hyphenation: tra‧chè‧a

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 ărtērĭ́ā, “rough artery”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [traːˈkʰeː.a]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [t̪raˈkɛː.a]

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